At least 250 people have been killed and another 1,000 wounded after a 6 magnitude earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border.

The powerful tremor was recorded at 11.47pm and was centered 17 miles east-northeast of the city of Jalalabad in Nangarhar province.

It was only five miles deep. Shallower quakes tend to cause more damage.

Entire villages in the province of Kunar are believed to have been destroyed and dozens of houses turned into rubble, Taliban sources say.

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