Two earthquakes shook eastern Afghanistan early today, killing at least 19 people and destroying dozens of homes.

A massive mile-thick brown pollution haze has settled over vast areas of the planet, changing weather patterns and threatening health and crops, according to the UN.

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit a remote and mountainous area of north-east Afghanistan today, shaking buildings in the capital and as far away as Pakistan, Tajikistan and India.

Police and government officials are today struggling to assess the level of damage from a powerful earthquake that rocked the northern fringe of Afghanistan, but said initial reports indicated it was relatively light.

A huge rock loosened by rain and snow in Afghanistan tumbled onto an aid group’s vehicle, killing the Afghan driver and injuring three foreigners, officials said today, as freezing weather and disease left about 60 people dead throughout the country.

Hamid Karzai’s victory in Afghanistan’s first presidential election could be sealed within days, a top election adviser said today – unless investigators uncover major fraud.

Historic Afghan elections scheduled for September will be delayed because of wrangling among officials and political parties, a senior government official said today.

Two strong earthquakes rattled a remote region of northern Pakistan today, toppling walls and setting off landslides that killed at least 17 people, officials said.

AT least 30 people have been killed after powerful floods washed away their houses in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, a local official said yesterday.

Aid agencies were today at the scene of a powerful earthquake that devastated villages in the Hindu Kush mountains of northern Afghanistan.

Hundreds of US and allied Afghan fighters swept into the mountains of eastern Afghanistan today, moving tanks into position for a final push to eradicate al-Qaida fighters making a last stand.

An earthquake has shaken large parts of northern Pakistan and Afghanistan.

A powerful earthquake has shaken remote areas of northeastern Afghanistan.

Defence chiefs conceded today that land operations inside Afghanistan would be virtually impossible during winter months that have seen temperatures tumble to minus 21C (minus 6F) in the past.

A moderate earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter Scale shook a remote region in northern Afghanistan today.

At least four people were killed and 20 others wounded in an earthquake that hit northern Afghanistan last night, an opposition spokesman said today.