At least 20 people have been killed and hundreds more injured in Afghanistan after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the northern part of the country early Monday, the ruling Taliban said.

Afghanistan was struck by a 6.3-magnitude earthquake, shaking northern regions. The epicenter was west-southwest of Khulm. Previous earthquakes have resulted in high casualties, including over 4,000 deaths in October 2023.

The earthquake hit northern Afghanistan at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres (six miles) in Khulm, near the city of Mazar-i-Sharif.