In pictures: Rescuers race to reach remote quake-hit Afghan villages

Afghan children sit on a hill with the devastated village of Mazar Dara in the background, after a deadly magnitude-6 earthquake that struck Afghanistan, in Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 2. Reuters

An Afghan man looks for his belongings amidst the rubble of a collapsed house after a deadly magnitude-6 earthquake that struck Afghanistan around midnight, in Dara Noor, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, September 1. Reuters

Damaged houses are seen after a deadly magnitude-6 earthquake that struck Afghanistan around midnight, in Dara Noor, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, September 1. Reuters

Rescue workers clear debris of a damaged house after a deadly magnitude-6 earthquake that struck Afghanistan, in Mazar Dara, Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 2. Reuters

A Taliban military helicopter carries injured victims of a deadly magnitude-6 earthquake that struck Afghanistan, in Mazar Dara, Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 2. Reuters

An Afghan man helps an injured person after a deadly magnitude-6 earthquake that struck Afghanistan around midnight, as others take refuge in a field in Dara Mazar, in Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 1. Reuters

Members of Taliban take pictures of the devastated village of Mazar Dara following a deadly magnitude-6 earthquake that struck Afghanistan, Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 2. Reuters