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Quake-hit Afghan village struggles back to life as aid trickles in

Wuchkai (Afghanistan) (AFP) - A ruined village in eastern Afghanistan, just 10 kilometres (six miles) from the epicentre of this week's deadly earthquake, is struggling back to life as aid trickles into the isolated region.

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The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 25 June 2022

Afghanistan has suffered its most-deadly earthquake in two decades. The scale of destruction is, in the words of one official, "far beyond imagination". But a fight is brewing over emergency aid and who receives it.

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Afghanistan’s remote and poor villages hardest hit by earthquake

Rudimentary construction of homes in rocky, unpaved mountains said to be key factors in severity of destruction.

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Afghanistan earthquake survivors frantically dig through rubble in search of relatives as relief trickles in

With at least 1,000 people killed and more than 1,500 missing, rescue workers in the remote Gayan district are desperately searching for survivors — mostly young children and women — with hope fading with every passing hour.

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Afghan national freed from Guantanamo Bay after 15 years

The U.S. Defense Department says an Afghan prisoner held in U.S. custody for nearly 15 years has been released from the Guantanamo Bay detention center

The Independent UK

Afghan aftershock kills five, aid arrives

An Afghan health ministry official says an aftershock in the country’s east has left at least five people dead.

Crikey

UN body to hold urgent debate on Afghan women, girls' rights

The U.N.’s top human rights body is to hold an urgent debate next week to discuss the erosion of rights of women and girls in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover nearly a year ago

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Afghan held in Guantanamo prison freed

Kabul (AFP) - One of the last Afghan detainees held inside the Guantanamo Bay US detention centre in Cuba has been freed after 15 years following negotiations with Washington, authorities said on Friday.

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Afghanistan earthquake victims face struggles getting aid

Donations for Afghanistan earthquake victims will face far more hurdles than other disasters, due to sanctions against the country’s Taliban government and its troubled relationship with Western nations, experts say

The Independent UK

A long night for doctors helping victims of Afghanistan quake

Medics are left overwhelmed and under-equipped in the wake of Afghanistan’s deadliest earthquake in decades.

Al Jazeera

Afghan groups step up as foreign earthquake relief faces delays

Sanctions and the challenging terrain of affected areas make it hard to provide rapid international aid to survivors.

Al Jazeera

Helping Afghanistan after earthquake will be hard: 3 questions answered

Afghanistan’s deadliest earthquake in more than two decades took place on June 22, 2022, killing more than 1,000 people and injuring at least 1,600. The disaster struck a remote mountainous region and came at a time when millions of Afghans are experiencing severe poverty and hunger. Since the Taliban, which…

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India, Pakistan send help to Afghanistan after deadly earthquake

The two South Asian nations provide humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan where a powerful quake killed over 1,000.

Al Jazeera

Fears grow for Afghanistan earthquake survivors left without shelter

First shipments of international aid arrive in country as officials say death toll has risen to 1,150

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Five killed in Afghanistan tremors close to Wednesday's earthquake epicentre -Afghan official

Five people were killed on Friday in eastern Afghanistan after fresh tremors shook areas close to the epicentre of Wednesday's 6.1 magnitude earthquake, a senior Afghan official said.

Al Jazeera

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.

France 24

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.

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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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The Independent UK

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

AFP

Afghan quake survivors without food and shelter as floods hamper relief effort

Sharan (Afghanistan) (AFP) - Many survivors of Afghanistan's deadliest earthquake in more than two decades were on Friday without food, shelter and water as they waited in devastated villages for relief workers to reach them, with rain compounding their misery.

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 Hindu

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.

Reuters

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.

The Independent UK

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

ABC News

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