Ayaz Gul VOA News June 25, 2022 ISLAMABAD — The Taliban renewed their call Saturday for the United States to unfreeze Afghanistan’s foreign funds and lift financial sanctions to help the war-torn country deal with its deadliest earthquake in more than two decades. The United Nations said humanitarian organizations, in coordination with Taliban authorities, are continuing
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi June 25, 2022 Tents, food, and medical supplies are arriving in eastern Afghanistan following a deadly earthquake and powerful aftershock. The death toll resulting from the June 22 earthquake rose to about 1,150 on June 24, according to Abdul Wahid Rayan, the Taliban director of the state-run Bakhtar News Agency. Rayan said
Tolo News: Khost residents said that due to the lack of female physicians in the province many of the injured women have not yet been treated. They say that in the current situation, they are facing a shortage of medical facilities in the hospitals. “There are no female physicians. There are a number of injured
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi June 24, 2022 An aftershock has killed five people in eastern Afghanistan just hours after Taliban authorities said they have ended search-and-rescue operations from a major earthquake two days ago and raised the death toll to at least 1,150 in the war-torn country’s worst such disaster in two decades. Abdul Wahid Rayan, the Taliban
VOA News June 23, 2022 ISLAMABAD — Afghanistan’s Taliban appealed for international aid Thursday as the war-ravaged country struggles to deal with the aftermath of a powerful earthquake that killed at least 1,000 people, injured many more and destroyed nearly 2,000 households. The 6.1 magnitude quake struck eastern and southeastern Afghan provinces, bordering Pakistan, during the
Ayaz Gul VOA News June 22, 2022 ISLAMABAD — A powerful earthquake in Afghanistan’s southeast has killed more than 1,000 people and injured hundreds of others, Taliban authorities said. Rescue workers said the casualties from the quake, which struck during the early hours of Wednesday, were likely to increase further. Deputy Taliban Minister for Disaster Management
Ariana: The Ministry of Water and Energy issued a warning of possible floods and rising river levels in some areas of the country for Monday and Tuesday. The ministry said: “On the mentioned dates floods due to rain, melting snow and rising water levels along the rivers might occur in Kokcheh, Takhar, Baghlan, Bamyan, Samangan,
Ariana: Badakhshan officials confirmed Thursday that flash floods in the province have caused widespread destruction and financial losses across Zebak district. According to the head of Zebak development council, Fazal Ahmad Faizi, the worst hit areas in the district were Gul Khana, Dand, Dasht-e-Khan, Now Abad, and Khalkhan villages. He said the floods were triggered
India Today: An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the richter scale jolted the Afghanistan-Tajikstan border on Tuesday, June 14. The earthquake occurred in SouthEast of Fayzabad in Afghanistan at 1:05 pm, as per the National Centre for Seismology (NCS). Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: “The fire was controlled, thirty acres of land were burned, the charred trees were not totally damaged, and just the leaves and branches of the trees were burned,” Mesbahuddin Mohsen, a spokesman for the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock, stated. However, several residents in Khost province say that the fires have not