Afghanistan, Sept. 2 -- Just before midnight on August 31, a magnitude 6 earthquake struck Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, near its border with Pakistan. Local sources report more than 1,400 people have been killed and more than 3,000 injured across four eastern provinces, including Kunar and Nangarhar.

A Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) team is on the ground helping to assess the needs of people affected by the quake. MSF staff in Kabul felt the shockwave, but all our staff are safe and accounted for.

On Tuesday, September 2, an MSF team reached Jalalabad, a city close to the epicenter, to assess the needs and prepare for a potential medical intervention.

Our colleagues visited the regional hospital in Jalalaba...