Afghanistan ends search for survivors of devastating earthquake

Lori Dengler | A moderate earthquake wreaks havoc in Afghanistan

“Afghanistan is caught between a rock and a hard place from a plate-tectonic perspective,” Lori Dengler writes.

Taliban calls for release of frozen funds after deadly earthquake

Afghanistan's Taliban administration on Saturday called on international governments to roll back sanctions and lift a freeze on central bank assets following the earthquake that killed more than 1,000 people and left thousands homeless.

Afghanistan earthquake: hospital struggles to help survivors

Caring for victims is a challenge in a country already in the grip of a humanitarian crisis.

Afghanistan earthquake: People call for help from international community amid devastation and trickle of aid

In some areas of the country, most of the houses were reduced to rubble. Aid is arriving in the country and getting through to those who need it, but people living in the hardest hit areas say more is needed.

Death toll from Afghanistan's earthquake rises to 1,150 people

Despite some international aid flowing to the impacted villages in the east to provide people with food and tents, villagers are mostly on their own digging by hand.

Taliban appeal for more aid after deadly Afghanistan earthquake

KABUL -- Vital medical supplies reached hospitals on Saturday in the remote area of Afghanistan hit by an earthquake that killed more than 1,000 people this week, as the country's Taliban government appealed for more international aid. Read More