The worst earthquake to hit Afghanistan in years has killed more than 1,400 people, the Taliban says, with more than 3,000 others injured as different conditions hinder rescue efforts in remote areas.

Sunday's magnitude-6.0 quake has killed at least 1,411 people and injured another 3,124, with some 5,400 houses destroyed, Taliban administration spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said.

The Afghan Red Crescent Society, a humanitarian group working in the region, said many people are still trapped under the rubble.

The United Nations has warned the number killed is likely to rise and that the number of people impacted could reach the hundreds of thousands.

"We cannot afford to forget the people of Afghanistan who are facing multiple crises, multiple shocks, and the resilience of the communities

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