At least five people were killed on Friday when a tremor hit Afghanistan’s Paktika province where a massive earthquake had claimed 1,100 lives earlier this week, authorities said, IANS reported.
“Unfortunately, once again an earthquake hit Gayan district of Paktika province roughly at 10 a.m. on Friday based on the initial information, five people were killed and 11 others wounded,” Xinhua news agency quoted the Ministry of Public Health as saying in a tweet.
The epicentre was 44 km from Khost city and tremors were felt as far away as Pakistan and India.
More than 1,600 homes were destroyed in the worst-hit Gayan district.
