Eight dead after earthquake hits Afghanistan and Pakistan

At least eight people are dead, and a child injured, after a 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan late on Friday.The eight dead and injured child are all members of the same family and were involved in a house collapse, Hafizullah Basharat, a spokesman for the Kabul governor, said.The earthquake struck Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region at a depth of 110 miles (177km), according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences.