RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Monday expressed sincere condolences over the tragic loss of lives caused by the deadly earthquake in Afghanistan.
The Saudi Foreign Ministry, in a statement, sympathised with the families of the deceased.
It expressed the Kingdom’s solidarity with Afghanistan in this tragic loss and its wishes for a speedy recovery to those injured.
#Statement | The Foreign Ministry expresses the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s sincere condolences and sympathy to the families of the deceased following the earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan, resulting in a number of casualties. pic.twitter.com/9afiRUCWyR
— Foreign Ministry 🇸🇦 (@KSAmofaEN) September 1, 2025
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake that hit eastern Afghanistan killed 622 people, with more than 1,500 injured, the interior ministry spokesman said Monday.
In the earthquake that struck just before midnight on Sunday, “610 people were killed and 1,300 were injured in Kunar province, with numerous houses destroyed”, spokesman Abdul Mateen Qani told AFP, adding that in Nangarhar province, 12 people were killed and another 255 were injured.
The earthquake, which struck at 11:47 pm local time, originated in the Hindu Kush region, a seismically active area where the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates collide.
The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported the quake at a depth of 10 kilometres, with the epicentre located approximately 28 km northwest of Basawul, near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border
