KABUL, 13 Muharram, 1437,October 26, 2015, SPA -- Officials said that initial reports indicated the killing of at least 17 people and 55 others wounded in a powerful earthquake shook north-eastern Afghanistan on Monday, adding that the toll could rise, Reuters reported. Najibullah Kmawal, head of the regional hospital in the city of Jalalabad, said five people were killed and 55 others wounded, adding that the toll could rise. In the city of Taloqan Abdul Razzaq Zinda director of the Disaster Management Agency said that 12 girls wrer crushed underfoot in the stampede happened inside a school after the earthquake. -- SPA 14:53 LOCAL TIME 11:53 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w