Death toll climbs to over 1,100 after Afghanistan earthquake

The death toll from Sunday's earthquake in Afghanistan rose to 1,109 on Tuesday, with another 2,938 people injured, ABC News reported citing Shah Mahmood, a Taliban official in Nangarhar Province.

Mahmood said the 6.0 magnitude quake, which struck just before midnight, destroyed some 8,000 houses.

Emergency responders have yet to reach some villages, where they fear there may be more dead and injured under the rubble, he said.

The powerful earthquake's epicenter was about 17 miles east of Jalalabad, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.