US EditionMore than 1,400 Dead After 6.0 Quake Strikes Eastern Afghanistan
The 6.0 magnitude quake destroyed over 5,400 homes and injured more than 3,100 people, with rescue efforts hindered by aftershocks and challenging terrain, officials said.
- More than 1,400 people have died after a 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan, with over 3,000 injuries reported, according to a Taliban government report.
- The earthquake, which hit near Jalalabad in Nangarhar province, caused extensive damage and prompted rescue operations, despite challenging terrain.
- Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban spokesperson, remarked that most casualties occurred in Kunar province, where significant devastation was reported.
- Humanitarian organizations, including Doctors Without Borders, are mobilizing aid, but Afghanistan's healthcare system is already strained due to funding cuts.
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Aid agencies tell countries to fund Afghanistan after earthquake
Aid agencies on Wednesday urged the international community to increase funding to Afghanistan after a major earthquake killed at least 1,400 people and injured thousands more. Just a few countries have publicly committed money since Sunday night’s 6.0-magnitude quake struck several provinces in the mountainous and remote east, leveling villages and trapping people under rubble. It’s the latest crisis to beset the country, and the third strong q…
[NHK] The earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan on the 1st (Japan time) has killed more than 1,400 people so far. Many of the collapsed homes are still standing...
Afghan earthquake death toll rises to 1,400
FacebookLikeShareTweetEmail The death toll from a 6.0 magnitude earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan on late Sunday has risen sharply to over 1,400. Rescue operations have now entered their third day, following the devastating earthquake that hit on Sunday in Kunar province. According to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, the worst-hit Kunar province […]
Afghan Man Who Lost 10 Family Members Recounts Quake Horror
Families in eastern Afghanistan continue to recover their dead after an earthquake struck on August 31, killing more than 1,400 people. RFE/RL's Radio Azadi spoke to a man in Kunar Province who lost 10 family members. He and fellow survivors are sheltering under tents near their destroyed homes.
Afghanistan earthquake awakens anti-Taliban resistance
“I have lost nine sons, three granddaughters and one grandson,” says 57-year-old Mahbouba from Kuz Konar, a village near the epicentre of Afghanistan’s latest earthquake. The 6.0 magnitude quake struck late on Sunday night, its shallow centre just 27 kilometres from Jalalabad in eastern Nangarhar province. A second tremor of magnitude 5.0 shook the same [...]Read More...
On the third day of difficult operations, relief still struggles to reach the survivors of one of the deadliest earthquakes in Afghanistan, destitute in the face of the future after losing everything.
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