Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

Destruction everywhere, help scarce after Afghanistan quake

Villagers see destruction everywhere and help in short supply days after an earthquake devastated a remote region of southeast Afghanistan and killed at least 1,150 people

The Independent UK

Australia pledges $1 million in aid for quake-hit Afghanistan

Foreign Minister Penny Wong says humanitarian aid will be provided to UN agencies working in areas of Afghanistan affected by the devastating earthquake.

ABC News

Nabila escaped the Taliban for a new life in Canberra, but she fears for her family left behind

After fleeing the Taliban and escaping Afghanistan, Nabila now calls Canberra home. But she cannot turn her back on the women and girls who have been left behind.

ABC News

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Taliban calls for release of frozen funds after deadly earthquake

Afghanistan's Taliban administration on Saturday called on international governments to roll back sanctions and lift a freeze on central bank assets following the earthquake that killed more than 1,000 people and left thousands homeless.

Reuters

More aid arrives in Afghanistan in boost to quake relief efforts

Pakistan and Qatar join other aid agencies in efforts to help people desperate for food, shelter and drinking water.

Al Jazeera

Taliban appeal for more aid after deadly Afghanistan earthquake

Vital medical supplies reached hospitals on Saturday in the remote area of Afghanistan hit by an earthquake that killed more than 1,000 people this week, as the country's Taliban government appealed for more international aid.

Reuters

China to provide $7.5 million in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan – foreign ministry

China will provide humanitarian aid worth 50 million yuan ($7.5 million) to Afghanistan after it was hit by an earthquake that killed more than 1,000 people this week, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Saturday.

Reuters

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Pakistan plane carrying aid joins Afghan quake relief effort

Officials say a Pakistani military cargo plane carrying relief goods for Afghanistan’s earthquake-affected people has landed at the Khost airport

The Independent UK

Unity in Diversity: Newcastle festival a colourful mix of culture, food and dance from around the world

From Afghanistan to Tibet, Ukraine to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Music, dance and taste were shared in Foreshore Park as part of the Unity in Diversity festival.

Newcastle Herald

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.

inkl Originals

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.

Al Jazeera

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.

ABC News

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

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

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

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

Al Jazeera

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.

The Conversation

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…

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Al Jazeera

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.

The Guardian - UK

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

Reuters

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.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

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

1 … 217 218 219 220

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.