At least 11 killed as strong earthquake rattles Afghanistan and Pakistan

At least 11 people are dead after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake rattled much of Afghanistan and Pakistan (Naveed Ali/AP)

At least 11 people are dead after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake rattled much of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

More than 200 people were brought to hospitals in the Swat valley and elsewhere in the region of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in a state of shock, Bilal Faizi, a spokesman for Pakistan’s emergency services told The Associated Press.