Toll from Afghanistan-Pakistan temblor crosses 300

ISLAMABAD: The toll from the temblor that hit Pakistan and Afghanistan a day earlier mounted to over 300 on Tuesday.Officials said 248 people were confirmed dead in Pakistan, where most of the fatalities — 232 — were reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and tribal areas bordering Afghanistan. Nine people were reported dead in Gilgit-Baltistan, five in Punjab and two in PoK. At least 1,665 were injured across the country.Officials feared the toll could rise as reports of damages were trickling in from remote areas. The quake has damaged The agreement would raise spending by $80bn over two years, not including a $32bn increase included in an emergency war fund and destroyed about 4,392 structures including a portion of Mughal-era Balahisar Fort and minarets of Mahabat Khan Mosque in Peshawar. Pakistani officials said at least two glaciers in the Karakoram mountain range had burst and raised fears of flash-floods. The US Geological Survey said seven aftershocks followed the magnitude 7.5 quake. The latest aftershock was reported just before dawn on Tuesday as thousands of people spent the night in open in nearfreezing temperatures. Afghanistan chief executive Abdullah Abdullah said 76 people had been killed and 268 injured in his country.