The death toll from the devastating earthquake that hit eastern Afghanistan jumped to at least 2,205 on Thursday, four days after the temblor toppled homes as people slept. Afghanistan's Taliban rulers said 3,640 more people were confirmed injured from the quake, which struck the country's Kunar and Nangarhar provinces at about 11:40 p.m. local time on Sunday night.

Aid workers and first responders were still racing on Thursday to find any survivors, Taliban officials said.

Amid the destruction and with help slow to reach many parts of heavily-impacted Kunar province, survivors have buried many of the dead in mass graves, in line with Islamic tradition that dictates quick burials.

"That is my daughter, the other is my sister. This grave is my brother's, and that one is my mother's a

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