Today in Top Story: A 5.9-magnitude earthquake devastates Afghanistan.
The quake struck a mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday. Stone and mud-brick homes were flattened. At least 1,000 people died. An estimated 1,500 others were injured. The quake was Afghanistan’s deadliest in two decades. The disaster heaps more misery on a country already struggling with poverty and hunger.
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