Afghan rescue teams search for quake survivors as death toll rises to 900

An injured person is carried to a military helicopter (Wahidullah Kakar/AP)

Rescue teams have scoured Afghanistan’s mountainous east for survivors, as the death toll from a strong earthquake rose to 900 with 3,000 people injured.

The 6.0 magnitude quake struck late on Sunday night in several provinces, flattening villages and leaving people trapped under rubble for hours. It damaged or destroyed thousands of homes that were made mostly of mud bricks and wood.