Rescuers Dig for Survivors as Afghan Quake Toll Tops 1,400

Rescuers are searching for survivors in the rubble of houses flattened by a powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan late Sunday night that has killed more than 1,400 people so far, according to the latest update from the Taliban government.

“People are using shovels and even their bare hands to dig through the debris,” Ehsanullah Ehsan, head of disaster management in Kunar province that was hit the hardest, told Bloomberg News.