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The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

Afghan earthquake survivors lack food, shelter as aid trickles in

The earthquake killed at least 1,000 people and destroyed or damaged about 10,000 homes in Afghanistan’s remote east.

Al Jazeera

Afghanistan ends search for survivors of devastating earthquake

Authorities in Afghanistan have ended the search for survivors of an earthquake that struck on Wednesday, a senior official said on Friday, adding that supplies of medicine and other critical aid were inadequate.

France 24

Afghanistan Seeks Emergency Medical Supplies for Earthquake Survivors

Afghanistan does not have enough medical supplies to treat the injured from an earthquake that killed 1,000 people, a senior official said on Friday, as authorities ended the search for survivors in remote southeastern mountains. About 2,000 people were injured and 10,000 houses were partially or completely destroyed in the…

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Death toll from Afghanistan's quake rises to 1,150 people

The death toll from a devastating earthquake in Afghanistan continued to climb days after it turned brick and stone homes into rubble

The Independent UK

India flies tons of essentials to quake-rocked Afghanistan

India has rushed emergency relief assistance and a technical team to Kabul to coordinate the delivery of humanitarian assistance after a destructive earthquake in eastern Afghanistan

The Independent UK

India says ready to provide assistance, support to quake-affected Afghanistan

Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted that the first consignment of India's earthquake relief assistance for the people of Afghanistan has reached Kabul.

The Hindu

Afghanistan seeks help for earthquake survivors as aftershock kills five

Afghanistan lacks the medical supplies to treat those injured in an earthquake that killed more than 1,000 people this week, a senior official said, as an aftershock on Friday killed five more.

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India sends team to help with deadly Afghanistan earthquake

India has sent a technical team to Kabul to coordinate the delivery of humanitarian assistance after a destructive earthquake in eastern Afghanistan

The Independent UK

The Loop: Australia grapples with aid for Afghanistan, Ukraine gets EU candidate status, and Supreme Court expands US gun rights

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ABC News

India reopens Embassy in Kabul

Major move towards engaging Taliban, re-establishing presence in Afghanistan

The Hindu

UN officials: Afghan quake adds to emergencies in country

Senior UN officials say the earthquake in Afghanistan has added another emergency facing the country, which is also confronting its worst drought in 30 years and massive poverty

The Independent UK

U.N. says Taliban interfering with aid, resisting cash plan

Afghanistan's ruling Taliban are resisting efforts by the United Nations to help get humanitarian funding into the country and are interfering in the delivery of aid, U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths told the Security Council on Thursday.

Reuters

Taliban say Afghanistan earthquake rescue efforts almost complete

Health ministry says aid has begun to arrive to the area affected by earthquake that killed at least 1,000 people.

Al Jazeera

Afghanistan's earthquake has left this girl with nothing. Can the West help her without funding the Taliban?

A magnitude-6.1 earthquake in remote Afghanistan exacerbates a tricky ethical dilemma for Australia and other like-minded nations: How can they help Afghan people dealing with yet another unimaginable situation without supporting the Taliban directly?

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Wales Online

Two men from south Wales helped their brother cover up his wife's brutal murder

Zobaidah Salangy's body was found in a shallow grave in a woodland

The Independent UK

Pizza shop boss jailed for 18 years for murdering wife at restaurant and dumping her body in woods

‘We will suffer with this for the rest of our lives,’ Zobaidah Salangy’s family says

Chronicle Live

Armed Forces interpreter speaks out about fleeing from the Taliban with wife and four children

"I would get a lot of phone calls from people threatening me, saying they knew I'd worked for the British Forces, it was no longer safe for us."

Reuters

Taliban's isolation makes Afghan earthquake response harder

A devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, which killed at least 1,000 people and flattened homes in remote villages close to the Pakistani border, poses the biggest challenge yet for the Taliban since they seized power nearly a year ago.

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The Guardian - UK

‘I dared not look at the faces’: the Afghan man who lost 22 family members in the quake

Karim Nyazai recounts his experiences since the devastating earthquake that struck Afghanistan this week

The Independent UK

Germany says it helped 21,000 people get out of Afghanistan

Germany’s foreign minister says the government has got more than 21,000 former local employees and other endangered people out of Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power almost a year ago

The Independent UK

Polio: Where have there been outbreaks recently?

Virus carries ‘continuous risk of international spread,’ WHO says

Tribune News Service

Rescuers scramble to reach survivors of Afghanistan earthquake

Rescue and relief teams are struggling to reach survivors of a deadly earthquake that hit Afghanistan’s remote southeast, killing at least 1,000 people and injuring hundreds more even as the country battles multiple humanitarian crises.

Daily Mirror

Afghanistan earthquake: Taliban begs for aid after devastating shake kills over 1,000

The 6.1-magnitude earthquake destroyed at least 2,000 homes and villages have been left flattened, and about 1,500 people were left injured after it struck the province of Paktika on Tuesday night

The Guardian - UK

Afghan earthquake survivors dig by hand as rescuers struggle to reach area

Disaster has killed more than 1,000 people and officials say toll could rise

Evening Standard

Afghanistan earthquake: Taliban appeals for aid as death toll surpasses 1,000

The earthquake is the worst to hit the country in decades

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