Ariana: The World Health Organization (WHO) says it has mobilized emergency health teams and dispatched life-saving medical supplies to northern Afghanistan following a powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake that struck near Mazar-e-Sharif early Monday, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 860 others. The quake, which hit at 1 a.m. local time, caused extensive damage
8am: Kabul residents have complained about the lack of proper management in waste collection across the city. They say that the Taliban-run municipality, when cleaning drainage canals, removes garbage, mud, and other impure materials from inside the drains and leaves them piled up along the streets. According to residents, this practice causes unpleasant odors, dirtiness
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi November 3, 2025 At least 27 people are dead and scores more injured after an earthquake of 6.3 magnitude struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif early on November 3, just two months after a deadly and devastating quake rocked the eastern part of the country. The US Geological Survey
Khaama: The United Nations warned that Afghanistan’s cities face a worsening air pollution crisis caused by vehicle emissions, factory smoke, and burning coal and plastic during winter. The agency noted that these pollutants pose serious health risks, particularly to children and the elderly, as respiratory illnesses rise sharply in urban areas during colder months. UN
Tolo News: Officials from the National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) say that in order to curb the widespread use of plastic bags, the import of these bags from other countries into Afghanistan has been banned. They added that domestic companies are still allowed to produce plastic, but on the condition that their annual production is
Amu: An earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday afternoon, injuring at least 15 people and damaging homes in Nangarhar province, local health officials said. Rafiullah Hamad, head of health services in Dara-e-Noor district, said the injured were taken by ambulance to the provincial hospital in Jalalabad. He said updated figures on casualties and damage will
Khaama: OCHA reported 516 women, 476 men, 509 girls, and 663 boys were among more than 2,100 killed in Afghanistan’s recent devastating earthquake. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said at least 2,164 people, including hundreds of women and children, died in the recent 6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck Afghanistan’s eastern
Amu: The Taliban’s provincial police chief in Kunar has threatened local journalists, warning them not to report on complaints from survivors of a recent earthquake, according to several people familiar with the matter. Zia-ul-Haq Hamed, the Taliban’s police commander in Kunar, told reporters in a meeting that they must avoid publishing stories that present what
Amu: More than 500,000 people, including over 263,000 children, have been affected by last week’s powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, UNICEF said in its first flash update. The 6.0-magnitude quake struck at 11:47 p.m. on Aug. 31 in Kuz Kunar district of Nangarhar province, flattening villages and triggering landslides. Seventeen aftershocks of magnitude 4.0 or
8am: Iranian media reported Saturday that an aircraft loaded with food, medicine, and emergency supplies had arrived in Afghanistan, according to Hamid Vahedi, Commander of the Iranian Army’s Air Force. Vahedi stated that assisting neighbors and those in need represents a core humanitarian duty of Iran’s military, with the country’s air forces maintaining readiness to