Photos: Search for survivors after deadly quake devastates Afghanistan

People in Afghanistan were searching into Monday night for survivors following a 6.0-magnitude earthquake that killed more than 800 people and wounded hundreds of others a day earlier.The big picture: Aid groups and the Taliban have called for urgent assistance in the country, which has faced a humanitarian crisis since the 2021 Taliban takeover that saw the withdrawal of U.S. troops. An injured Afghan boy receives treatment at a hospital after an earthquake in Afghanistan's Jalalabad on Sept. 1. "The time window of survival is rapidly reducing, and we need to be there as soon as possible," Joy Singhal of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies told Al Jazeera from Kabul. Photo: Aimal Zahir/AFP via Getty Images The scene on Sept. 1 in Nurgal. Most of the quake deaths have occurred in Kunar Province. Photo: Wakil Kohsar /AFP via Getty Images Afghan volunteers and Taliban security personnel work to move injured people near a military helicopter near Nurgal on Sept. 1. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on X UN have mobilized "and will spare no effort to assist those in need in the affected areas." Photo: Wakil Kohsar /AFP via Getty Images A man walks past a damaged house following earthquakes in the Mazar Dara village on Sept. 1. The quake "shook buildings" as far away Pakistan's capital Islamabad, the Pakistani outlet Dawn reports. Photo: Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty ImagesGo deeper: Hundreds killed after 6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes AfghanistanEditor's note: This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates.

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