Another 3,640 people wounded in the quake that struck on Sunday as aid organizations struggle to reach survivors.
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Aid agencies plead for funds, as rough terrain hinders relief effort and 98% of buildings in province are damaged or destroyed ...
Afghanistan earthquake survivors are burying their loved ones in mass graves four days after the disaster, which the Taliban says killed at least 2,205 people.
A 6.0-magnitude quake struck several provinces of the mountainous and remote east of the country on Sunday night, levelling villages and trapping people under rubble.
A Taliban government spokesman says the death toll from a major earthquake in Afghanistan has risen to 2,205. The shallow, magnitude-6.0 quake struck the mountainous and remote eastern part of ...
Survivors face dwindling relief and uncertain future in devastated regions.
Hundreds of bodies have been recovered from houses destroyed by a major earthquake in Afghanistan last week, pushing the death toll to more than 2,200, a Taliban government spokesman said Thursday.
As the death toll from the Afghanistan earthquake disaster jumped to more than 2,200 on Thursday, UN agencies continued to help, while calling for funding to help build sturdier housing to withstand future shocks.
A major earthquake in Afghanistan has caused widespread devastation, with the death toll now exceeding 2,200.
A major earthquake in Afghanistan has caused widespread devastation, with the death toll now exceeding 2,200 ...