China, Iran, India, Turkey and Pakistan have provided cash, food and non-food assistance to earthquake victims in eastern Afghanistan. The European Union (EU) has also announced €1 million in emergency aid and 130 tonnes of relief supplies. The quake struck around midnight on Sunday and was recorded at a magnitude of 6.0 by the US More
At least five people have been killed and 29 others injured in an explosion in the city of Quetta, Balochistan, with some reports putting the death toll at 13. The blast occurred on Tuesday night, Dawn reported. The Balochistan Health Department confirmed in a statement that the explosion took place after a meeting of the More
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has announced that the United Nations has allocated five million dollars to assist the earthquake victims in eastern Afghanistan. The powerful Sunday night earthquake killed more than 1,400 people and injured thousands more in eastern provinces. In a statement posted on its official Facebook page today (Wednesday), More
Afghanistan outclassed hosts the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by 38 runs in the third match of the tri-nation series at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Opting to field first after winning the toss on Monday, the UAE bowlers were put under pressure as Sediqullah Atal and Ibrahim Zadran struck fluent half-centuries to set up a strong More
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Canada and Switzerland have extended condolences and pledged assistance following a deadly earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan. The Secretary General of the Muslim World League, as well as Uzbekistan and the Czech Republic, also issued messages of sympathy. The quake, which struck shortly after midnight on Sunday, was recorded More
The death toll from the devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan has risen to 1,124, with 3,251 people injured and more than 8,000 houses destroyed, the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) said on Tuesday. In a statement released around 1:00 p.m. today, the ARCS confirmed the updated figures, adding that rescue operations are still underway in More
The United Nations, the European Union, Japan and Turkey have expressed deep sorrow over the deadly earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan on Sunday night and have sent teams to provide urgent assistance to the affected communities. The earthquake struck around midnight, registering a magnitude of 6.0 on the Richter scale, according to the United States More
The death toll from the devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan has reached 812, with more than 2,800 people injured. The government has formed a special committee to coordinate the response and allocated 100 million afghanis for immediate relief. The earthquake struck around midnight and measured 6.0 on the Richter scale, according to the United States More
Some laborers in western Herat province say job opportunities have become increasingly rare while wages have also declined following the return of hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees from Iran,. The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations (MoRR) announced in July that nearly two million Afghans had returned from Iran and Pakistan over the past three More
Houthi Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi and several other ministers have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, reports said. Al-Rahawi, who headed the Houthi-controlled government in Yemen, was killed on Thursday along with “several” ministers during a strike on the city, the group confirmed in a statement on Saturday, according to Al More
