A magnitude 6.0 earthquake has struck eastern Afghanistan at a relatively shallow depth of 8km (6 miles).
Officials tell the BBC that at least 20 people have been killed and more than 100 are being treated at hospitals for injuries - but hundreds more are feared dead.
Dozens of houses are "under rubble", say multiple sources from the Taliban government.
Taliban government officials have urged humanitarian organisations to aid the rescue effort in remote mountainous areas - some are only accessible by air due to landslides and flooding.
The quake has shaken buildings from Kabul to Pakistan's capital Islamabad - which is more than 300km (186 miles) away
