The British Foreign Secretary has expressed concern over the situation of earthquake victims in eastern Afghanistan, announcing an additional £3 million in aid to support humanitarian partners working on the ground. In a statement, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said: “The situation in Afghanistan following the recent earthquake remains grave and as aid workers finally manage More
The World Food Programme (WFP) warns that conflicts, climate crises, and a sharp drop in international aid have pushed vulnerable populations, including in Afghanistan—where aid recipients fell from 10 million to 1.5 million—toward severe food insecurity. Carl Skau, deputy executive director and chief operating officer of the WFP, said that with rising needs and declining More
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is set to hold a meeting on Afghanistan tomorrow (Wednesday). Kabul-based United Nations Assistance Mission (UNAMA) head Roza Otunbayeva will brief the UNSC on the situation of Afghanistan, UNAMA wrote on its X handle. It said the session was scheduled to commence at 10h00 in New York (6:30 Kabul More
The UN migration agency has appealed for $16.8 million urgent funding to scale up life-saving support for families forced to sleep outdoors following powerful earthquakes that recently struck eastern Afghanistan. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Thursday the funding was needed in line with the United Nations joint humanitarian appeal, to provide emergency More
Save the Children has warned that around 37,000 children under the age of five and 10,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women are facing acute malnutrition in Afghanistan’s earthquake-affected areas. The organisation said the recent earthquakes have put thousands of vulnerable children at even greater risk, as tremors damaged numerous health clinics in a region where international More
Nine people were killed, including two women, and seven others were injured, including four children, in a traffic accident in northern Baghlan province on Wednesday, police said. In a statement, the provincial police headquarters said the accident occurred this morning in an area between Jalga and Khost districts. It said that a flying coach-type vehicle More
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) says the UN has appealed to the international community for nearly 140 million US dollars to meet the urgent needs of victims of the recent devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan. UNAMA wrote on its Facebook page that the UN launched a four-month emergency response plan for US$139.6 More
Seven members of a family, including five children, have been killed in an explosion inside a house in Bala Buluk district of western Farah province, an official said on Tuesday. Maulvi Fada Muhammad Saad, the administrative chief of Bala Buluk, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the blast occurred when explosive materials detonated inside a house More
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has allocated $10 million to assist victims of the devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan. The earthquake struck just before midnight on Sunday, affecting the provinces of Kunar, Laghman, Nangarhar, Nuristan and Panjsher— with Kunar experiencing the heaviest casualties and destruction. On Thursday, Hamidullah Fitrat, deputy More
Emergency aid for earthquake victims has arrived in Kabul from Japan, while Russia has also dispatched its first shipment of humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan. On Friday morning, Japan’s emergency aid — including tents and blankets — arrived in Kabul and was handed over to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and More
