Afghanistan

Hundreds of people have died and scores of people are injured following a powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan. The 6.1 magnitude quake struck near ...

Authorities had launched a rescue operation and helicopters were being used to reach the injured and take in medical supplies and food, Ayubi said. “The death toll is likely to rise as some of the villages are in remote areas in the mountains and it will take some time to collect details,” Ayubi said. Deaths were also reported in the provinces of Nangarhar and Khost as authorities checked for further casualties.

The hardest hit areas were remote farming villages in the eastern Afghan province of Paktika. "All the village completely is destroyed," said one man, ...

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A powerful earthquake in Afghanistan killed at least 950 people and injured hundreds more, officials said Wednesday, with the toll expected to rise as ...

The latest earthquake came at a time when Afghanistan is battling a severe humanitarian disaster, worsened by the Taliban takeover of the country. In 2015, more than 380 people were killed in Pakistan and Afghanistan when a 7.5-magnitude earthquake ripped across the two countries, with the bulk of the deaths in Pakistan. Scores of people were killed and injured in January when two quakes struck rural areas in the western province of Badghis, damaging hundreds of buildings.

The 5.9-magnitude quake comes as Taliban struggle to govern amid wider economic crisis.

A powerful earthquake has killed one thousand people and left hundreds more injured in Afghanistan, a Taliban official has told the BBC.

You can also get in touch in the following ways: "The kids and I screamed. Houses are ruined," a local journalist in badly-hit Paktika province said to the BBC. There are an average of 560 deaths a year from earthquakes. "When we arrived there were many dead and wounded. "I don't know how many of our colleagues are still alive." It doesn't have the capacity." I also saw many dead bodies." "My brother and his family died, and I just learned it after many hours. "There are no official aid workers, but people from neighbouring cities and villages came here to rescue people. "Many people are not aware of the well-being of their relatives because their phones are not working," he said. The UK's special representative to Afghanistan, Nigel Casey, said the UK was in touch with the UN and was "ready to contribute to the international response".

At least 920 people have been killed by a magnitude-6.1 earthquake in Afghanistan's east, according to Taliban officials, and the death toll is expected to ...

Most of the confirmed deaths were in the province of Paktika, where 100 people were killed and 610 were injured, the head of the Taliban administration's disaster management authority said. - The magnitude-6.1 earthquake is the deadliest to strike the country in two decades At least 1,000 people have been killed by a magnitude-6.1 earthquake in Afghanistan's east, according to Taliban officials, and the death toll is expected to grow as information trickles in from remote villages.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A massive earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan overnight Wednesday, killing more than 1,000 and injuring more than 1,500, ...

“We don’t yet know the full extent of the devastation, but we believe hundreds of people have been killed, including many women and children. Persistent poverty and lingering drought have threatened millions of lives. “All aid agencies are urged to send their teams to the area immediately so that further catastrophe can be prevented.” The province of Paktika was hit hardest, with earlier estimates of 255 killed and 500 wounded, said Muhammad Nasim Haqqani, a disaster management spokesman. Many more have been injured and many homes damaged or destroyed. It has implemented ultraconservative social policies and restricted rights, even while seeking foreign aid.

Officials warned that the already grim death toll would likely rise in the coming days as rescue efforts begin.

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif in a statement offered his condolences over the earthquake, saying his nation will provide help to the Afghan people. Earlier, the director-general of state-run Bakhtar news agency, Abdul Wahid Rayan, wrote on Twitter that 90 houses have been destroyed in Paktika and dozens of people are believed trapped under the rubble. “Due to how condensed the area is in that part of the world, we’ve seen in the past similar earthquakes deal significant damage.” Many international humanitarian organizations followed suit because of concerns about security and the Taliban's poor human rights record. Experts put the depth at just 10 kilometers (6 miles) — another factor that could increase the impact. Officials warned that the already grim toll would likely rise.

A powerful earthquake struck a rural, mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistani border, ...

Many international humanitarian organisations followed suit because of concerns about security and the Taliban's poor human rights record. "Due to how condensed the area is in that part of the world, we've seen in the past similar earthquakes deal significant damage." Reaching rural areas even in the best circumstances remains difficult in Afghanistan, a landlocked nation just smaller than Texas with rutted mountain roadways that may now have sustained significant damage. Older buildings are likely to crumble and fail," he said. Experts put the depth at just 10 kilometres — another factor that could lead to severe destruction. Officials warned that the already grim toll may still rise.

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake that jolted eastern Afghanistan has killed at least 1000 people and injured more than 600.

"Many people are still buried under the soil. In the province of Khost, 25 were dead and 90 had been taken to hospital. Most of the confirmed deaths were in the eastern province of Paktika, where 255 people were killed and more than 200 injured, Ayubi added. "The death toll is likely to rise as some of the villages are in remote areas in the mountains and it will take some time to collect details," interior ministry official Salahuddin Ayubi said. A spokesman for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said it was sending teams in addition to ambulances and helicopters sent by the Taliban-led ministry of defence, which was leading rescue efforts. The death toll from an earthquake in Afghanistan has hit 1000, disaster management officials say, with more than 600 injured and the toll expected to grow as information trickles in from remote mountain villages.

Analysis: humanitarian appeals for Taliban-ruled country have had poor responses and there are sanctions complications.

The decision has left the Taliban deprived of access to its overseas assets and to much World Bank funding. Ambulances were heading to Logar, Khost, Paktika and Paktia provinces, but in the short term the issue is access to the earthquake-devastated areas, which are in one of the country’s most inaccessible regions. In addition to the cash assistance, the Afghan Red Cross said it was sending 4,000 blankets, 800 tents and tarpaulins, 1,500 washing containers and hundreds of mattresses, pillows, blankets and cooking utensils.

More than 600 people have been injured after a deadly earthquake struck Afghanistan. The death toll from an earthquake in Afghanistan has hit 1000, disaster ...

Advertisement "Many people are still buried under the soil. Advertisement "The death toll is likely to rise as some of the villages are in remote areas in the mountains and it will take some time to collect details," interior ministry official Salahuddin Ayubi said. Advertisement A spokesman for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said it was sending teams in addition to ambulances and helicopters sent by the Taliban-led ministry of defence, which was leading rescue efforts.

The UN and partners have rushed to support Afghanistan following a devastating earthquake that hit two provinces in the east of the country early on ...

So far, around 10 tonnes of essential medical supplies and medicines have been shipped to the affected areas. Teams of surgeons, medical doctors and several medical specialists have also been dispatched. Therefore, sufficient personnel were already on the ground to be deployed immediately. specific equipment to take people from under the rubble. The authorities have dispatched five helicopters to Paktika province to facilitate medical evacuations, and more than 45 ambulances. “Of course, as the UN we do not have… “The United Nations in Afghanistan is fully mobilized. “The de facto authorities have requested the support of UNICEF and other UN agency teams who are joining efforts to assess the situation and respond to the needs of the affected communities,” he said. Now is the time for solidarity.” A medical team was also sent to Gayan district. Nearly 2,000 homes reportedly were also destroyed and scores of people displaced. The UN and partners have rushed to support Afghanistan following a devastating earthquake that hit two provinces in the east of the country early on Wednesday morning.

Leader of the Taliban, Haibatullah Akhundzadah, makes a rare public appearance, pleading with the international community and humanitarian aid organisations ...

However, the abrupt withdrawal of US and other nations' troops last year left a vacuum that the Taliban quickly filled. "We are not optimistic today." "This does add a lot to the daily burden of survival," the UN's Mr Alakbarov said of the quake. Baktar news agency reports the death toll to date is equal to that of a quake in 2002 in northern Afghanistan. The full extent of the destruction among the villages tucked in the mountains has been slow in coming to light. That takeover led to a cutting-off of vital international financing, and most of the world has since shunned the Taliban government.

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake that jolted eastern Afghanistan has killed at least 1000 people and injured more than 600.

“Many people are still buried under the soil. Haibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the ruling Taliban, offered his condolences in a statement. Most of the confirmed deaths were in the eastern province of Paktika, where 255 people were killed and more than 200 injured, Ayubi added. The rescue teams of the Islamic Emirate have arrived and with the help of local people are trying to take out the dead and injured,” a health worker at one of Paktika’s main hospitals said, asking for anonymity as he was not authorised to speak to media. “The death toll is likely to rise as some of the villages are in remote areas in the mountains and it will take some time to collect details,” interior ministry official Salahuddin Ayubi said. A spokesman for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said it was sending teams in addition to ambulances and helicopters sent by the Taliban-led ministry of defence, which was leading rescue efforts.

The people of Afghanistan have undergone extraordinary hardship, and this natural disaster compounds an already dire humanitarian situation. U.S. humanitarian ...

U.S. humanitarian partners are already responding, including by sending medical teams to help people affected, and we are assessing other response options. The people of Afghanistan have undergone extraordinary hardship, and this natural disaster compounds an already dire humanitarian situation.

The hardline Islamist leadership says help needs to be 'scaled up' after the quake devastated towns and villages in the country's mountainous east.

The children and my family were under the mud.” “I was away from my family who live in a remote village in the Gyan district. One survivor, Arup Khan, 22, who was pulled out of a collapsed guesthouse, described the moment the earthquake struck. Footage released by the Taliban showed residents digging a long slit trench to bury the dead. There were bodies wrapped in blankets everywhere. Huzaifa said more than 1,500 people were injured, many critically.