Ariana: Officials say 21 people have died and more than 100 people have been injured due to heavy rains, floods and earthquakes in Afghanistan over the past two weeks. Shafiullah Rahimi, the spokesperson of the State Ministry for Disaster Management, says that the casualties happened in 30 provinces of the country due to earthquakes, heavy
Khaama: The earthquake of magnitude 4.3 jolted Afghanistan’s Faizabad capital city of Badakhshan province on Sunday, according to the National Center for Seismology of India (NCS). The earthquake’s epicentre was Ishkashim town, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan and the tremor was felt around 3:33 pm local time with a depth of 130 km. This is the third earthquake
Khaama: The United Nations mission in Afghanistan said due to the recent heavy rains and flash floods in seven provinces, at least 645 families have been affected. The organization has said that international aid organizations are assessing the delivery of life-saving aid to the affected families throughout Afghanistan during these difficult times. According to the
8am: According to local sources in Helmand, as a result of flooding in the province, 10 nomads have lost their lives. On Saturday, a reliable local source, who did not want to be named, told that these floods occurred overnight in the villages of Tazani and Khashrod in the Nawzad district of Helmand province. Click
Khaama: State Ministry for Natural Disaster Management of the Islamic Emirate says that due to recent flash floods and earthquakes, at least 10 people were killed and more than 60 others were injured. Shafiullah Rahimi, spokesperson of the State Ministry for Natural Disaster Management on Thursday announced the latest update on the number of deaths
Khaama: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) stated that the earthquake damaged and destroyed around 665 houses across Badakhshan, Bamyan, Panjshir, Parwan, Kunar, Laghman, Nangarhar, Samangan, and Takhar Provinces. The organization added that the earthquake in Badakhshan killed five people. In contrast, it injured 58 others and “Partners have deployed assessment
AP: A magnitude 6.5 earthquake rattled much of Pakistan and Afghanistan on March 21, killing at least two people and sending panicked residents fleeing from homes and offices. More than 100 people were brought to hospitals in the Swat valley region of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in a state of shock, Bilal Faizi, a
Undark: “Some key positions in climate sectors are filled by Mullahs” — or religious scholars — “who have zero understanding about climate issues,” said Najibullah Sadid, a water resource expert who has lived in and conducted research in Afghanistan, and is based at the University of Stuttgart in Germany. Click here to read more (external
Khaama: Natural disasters have left over 1,000 people dead, and over 2,000 others injured across Afghanistan during the current solar year (1401), according to a Disaster Management Ministry official. According to the World Bank Report, Natural disasters such as flooding, earthquakes, avalanches, landslides, and droughts are exacerbating vulnerability and poverty in Afghanistan. Click here to
Khaama: An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 hit Afghanistan on Sunday, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ). “Earthquake of Magnitude: 4.5, Occurred on 12-03-2023, 04:03 PM (GMT +4:30) Kabul Time, Lat: 36.53 & Long: 71, Depth: 151.0 km, GFZ reported on Sunday. The quake struck at a depth of 71 kilometres, at a