KABUL, Sept. 8 — A recent earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province has left more than 157,000 students unable to attend school, with dozens of educational facilities destroyed or damaged, local media outlet TOLOnews reported late Sunday.
A total of 157,074 students across the province are currently out of school in the disaster’s aftermath, TOLOnews quoted Mohibullah Haidari, the provincial education director, as saying.
The official reported that the quake killed 391 students and three teachers, while injuring 760 students and 20 teachers. Kunar’s education department stated that 53 schools were destroyed and 253 were partially damaged, severely hindering the launch of the new academic year.
A total of 2,205 people were killed and 3,640 others injured in the earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan on Aug. 31(Xinhua)
