More than 800 people were killed and over 2,800 injured in one of Afghanistan's worst earthquakes, authorities said on Monday (September 1), as helicopters ferried the wounded to hospital after they were plucked from rubble being combed for survivors.

Footage filmed at what was said to be Nangarhar Airport showed a helicopter carrying casualties landing on the runway and soldiers with stretchers and gurneys rushing to help.

Reuters was not able to independently verify the location and date of the handout video.

The disaster will further stretch the resources of the South Asian nation already grappling with humanitarian crises, from a sharp drop in aid to a huge pushback of its citizens from neighbouring countries.

The quake of magnitude 6 killed at least 622 people in the eastern provinces of Kunar and Nangarhar, the Taliban-run Afghan interior ministry said, with more than 1,500 injured and numerous houses destroyed.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

GIVEN AS JALALABAD, AFGHANISTAN (RELEASED SEPTEMBER 1, 2025) (AFGHANISTAN GOVERNMENT HANDOUT - Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF HELICOPTER CARRYING CASUALTIES OF EARTHQUAKE APPROACHING TO LAND AT AIRPORT

2. SOLDIERS APPROACHING LANDED HELICOPTER WITH GURNEY

3. SOLDIERS WHEELING INJURED ON GURNEY

4. SOLDIERS CARRYING STRETCHER

5. SOLDIERS WHEELING INJURED ON GURNEY

6. PERSON CARRYING CHILD IN ARMS, SOLDIERS RUNNING TOWARDS HELICOPTER WITH STRETCHER

7. SOLDIERS RUNNING WITH INJURED ON STRETCHER

8. SOLDIERS ON RUNWAY, HELICOPTER APPROACHING TO LAND IN BACKGROUND

9. SOLDIERS AND PEOPLE HEADING TOWARDS HELICOPTER

10. HELICOPTER TAXIING ON RUNWAY, SOLDIERS CARRYING INJURED ON STRETCHER