A massive earthquake struck Pakistan and parts of India and Afghanistan Saturday morning, October 8, 2005. This was clearly the strongest earthquake in the area during the last 100 years. This earthquake was by far the most destructive disaster in the region. Close to 80.000 people were killed in the ruins and at least 70.000 more were injured in the northern areas of Pakistan, in the Pakistani-controlled Kashmir, in the India-controlled Kashmir, and in Northen India. Thousands of houses were ...[Read Story ]