Afghanistan, Sept. 7 -- Six people were killed and 11 others were rescued after a five-story student hostel collapsed in Delhi's Satya Niketan neighborhood, as emergency crews spent nearly 16 hours searching through unstable rubble while trying to prevent an adjacent girls' hostel from collapsing.
The collapse occurred in one of Delhi's busiest student housing districts near Delhi University's South Campus, where thousands of students live in privately operated hostels and paying guest accommodations. According to The Indian Express, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams worked through the night in narrow alleyways, slowing rescue efforts because removing debris too quickly risked bringing down the neighboring building, which share...