More than 1,400 Dead After 6.0 Quake Strikes Eastern Afghanistan

Rain adds to misery of Afghan quake survivors

Four nights and days since the earth shook and levelled his home in eastern Afghanistan, Khan Zaman Hanafi thought he had endured the worst, until the rain came. The 35-year-old farmer says his village has "been forgotten by the government and aid groups". "It's raining and we're being left to live in the open," he

Searchers retrieve bodies as Afghan quake toll expected to rise

Volunteers and rescuers were pulling more bodies from the rubble of destroyed buildings in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, four days after an earthquake that inflicted a death toll that was already at nearly 1,470 people, Taliban authorities said.

Afghanistan earthquake death toll rises, survivors face aid crunch

By Sayed Hassib and Charlotte Greenfield

Afghan quake survivors left waiting for aid

Rescue teams struggled to reach survivors days after a powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan left more than 1,400 people dead, as access to remote areas remained obstructed.A magnitude-6.0 shallow earthquake hit the mountainous...

Afghan commandos airdrop into quake zone to help survivors

Afghanistan airdropped commandos yesterday to pull survivors from the rubble in areas ravaged by earthquakes that have killed more than 1,400 this week, as a UN agency warned that food aid for victims would run out soon without urgent funding.

Aid agencies tell countries to send funds to help Afghanistan after earthquake

Aid agencies say the international community must increase funding to Afghanistan. That's after a deadly earthquake killed at least 1,400 and injured thousands more. Just a few countries have publicly committed money since Sunday night’s 6.0-magnitude quake struck provinces in…