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Relief Supplies Arrive As Rescue Efforts End Following Deadly Afghan Earthquake

25th June, 2022 · admin · Leave a comment

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

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Posted in Economic News, Environmental News | Tags: Earthquake, Khost, Paktika |
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Women Earthquake Victims Neglected for Lack of Female Physicians

24th June, 2022 · admin · Leave a comment

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

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Posted in Afghan Women, Environmental News | Tags: Earthquake, Khost, Life under Taliban rule, Taliban government failure |
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Death Toll In Afghan Quake Rises To 1,150 As Authorities Stop Search For Survivors

24th June, 2022 · admin · Leave a comment

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

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Posted in Economic News, Environmental News | Tags: Earthquake, Khost, Paktika |
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Taliban Urge International Aid as Afghanistan Deals With Aftermath of Deadly Quake

23rd June, 2022 · admin · Leave a comment

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

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Posted in Economic News, Environmental News, Photos | Tags: Earthquake, Khost, Paktika |
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Earthquake Kills More Than 1,000 in Afghanistan

22nd June, 2022 · admin · Leave a comment

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

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Posted in Environmental News | Tags: Earthquake, Khost, Paktika |
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Officials Say Khost Forest Fire is Out, Locals Say It Continues

14th June, 2022 · admin

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

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Posted in Environmental News, Taliban | Tags: Forest Fires in Afghanistan, Khost, Taliban government failure |
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UNICEF confirms death of 20 children in Khost and Kunar airstrikes

20th April, 2022 · admin

Ariana: Mohamed Ag Ayoya, UNICEF Representative in Afghanistan, on Wednesday said the organization has confirmation that a total 20 children were killed during airstrikes carried out by Pakistan on April 16 in the provinces of Khost and Kunar. “In Khost, twelve girls and three boys were killed, while in Kunar, three girls and two boys

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Posted in Afghan Children, Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, UN-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Khost, Kunar |
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Taliban officials visit victims of Pakistani airstrikes, deny existence of TTP

18th April, 2022 · admin

Ariana: The Deputy Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Defense, Mali Khan, visited families of victims of Pakistani airstrikes in Khost on Monday and said they have strengthened Afghanistan’s borders with more troops, weapons and equipment. During the visit Khan urged the families of victims to be patient but said no military order has

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Security, Taliban | Tags: Khost, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan |
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National Resistance Front Blames Taliban for Pakistan’s Airstrikes

17th April, 2022 · admin

Pakistan’s invasion of Afghanistan is a direct consequence of a proxy & terrorist group hijacking a country & lacking the will & aim to protect Afg’s territorial integrity & national sovereignty. All of Afg’s citizens must join the @nrfafg’s struggle for independence & freedom! — Ali Maisam Nazary (@alinazary) April 17, 2022 8am: Following the

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Posted in NRF - National Resistance Front, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban | Tags: Khost, Kunar, Taliban Security Failure |
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Witnesses Say Dozens Killed In Pakistani Air Strikes On Eastern Afghanistan Region

16th April, 2022 · admin

#BREAKING: At least 30 Afghan civilians including kids and women have been killed in a Pakistani army airstrike in Kunar and Khust provinces of Afghanistan. Afghan Taliban haven't yet to react. pic.twitter.com/RS1Pd8bnZu — Tajuden Soroush (@TajudenSoroush) April 16, 2022 By RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal April 16, 2022 Witnesses say dozens of people, including women and children, have

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban | Tags: Khost, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan |
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