Dozens of people killed after powerful earthquakes hit Afghanistan, UN says

UN says estimate of 320 fatalities is being verified, although local authorities put the death toll at 100, with 500 injured

Hundreds of people are feared dead after a series of powerful earthquakes hit western Afghanistan.

The United Nations said more than 320 had lost their lives before later saying the figure was still being verified. A local Taliban official told the Guardian the death toll is much higher than that".