At least 250 people have been killed and hundreds more injured after a magnitude 6.0 earthquake rocked eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border overnight into Monday, local officials said.

The quake struck at 11:47 pm local time on Sunday, around 27 kilometres northeast of the city of Jalalabad in the Nangarhar province, according to the US Geological Survey. Aftershocks continued into Monday morning.

Hundreds more are feared dead as officials conduct a preliminary survey of the damage and assess the magnitude of the tragic incident.

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Jalalabad is a bustling trade city due to its proximity with neighbouring Pakistan and a key border crossing between the two countries.

Although it has a population of about 300,000 according

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