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Vic quarantine site could house refugees

Refugees fleeing Afghanistan and Ukraine could be settled at a quarantine centre in Melbourne's north, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says.

AAP

Deadly Afghanistan quake hits nation already reeling from economic, hunger crises

"We count on the international community to help support the hundreds of families hit by this latest disaster," the UN said.

Axios

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Afghan aid auditor accuses State, USAID of withholding info

The independent watchdog for U.S. assistance to Afghanistan is accusing the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development of illegally withholding information about the American withdrawal from the country

The Independent UK

U.S. not aware of assistance request from Taliban after quake, expects talks ahead

The U.S. State Department said it was not aware of any request for American assistance from Afghanistan's Taliban government after an earthquake there on Wednesday that killed at least 1,000 people.

Reuters

Isolated Afghanistan may face struggle for aid after earthquake

Analysis: humanitarian appeals for Taliban-ruled country have had poor responses and there are sanctions complications

The Guardian - UK

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Yusra Hasan brings you the news from Maharashtra, the Supreme Court, Jammu and Kashmir and Afghanistan.

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Worst natural disaster in eight years kills 1,000 in Afghanistan

At least 1,000 people have been killed and hundreds more injured after a powerful earthquake hit southeastern Afghanistan overnight, setting off a new humanitarian crisis in a country already facing a crumbling economy and hunger.

Tribune News Service

Death toll from powerful Afghanistan earthquake rises to 920

At least 920 people have been killed and hundreds more injured after a powerful earthquake hit southeastern Afghanistan overnight, a top official from the country’s Disaster Management Authority said.

Tribune News Service

Timeline: Deadly earthquakes in Afghanistan

The country has a long history of powerful tremors that have caused fatalities.

Al Jazeera

Newham ‘murder’: Man charged after builder who came to UK from Afghanistan ‘to be safe’ stabbed to death

Moosakhan Nasiri, 20, travelled to London after his mother, father and brother were killed by the Taliban, cousin says

The Independent UK

Newham murder: Man charged after builder who came to UK from Afghanistan ‘to be safe’ stabbed to death

Moosakhan Nasiri, 20, travelled to London after his mother, father and brother were killed by the Taliban, cousin says

The Independent UK

Afghanistan earthquake latest: Hundreds killed in major tremor

Afghanistan’s deadliest earthquake in 20 years injures 1,500 people in the remote provinces of Paktika and Khost.

Al Jazeera

Quake in Afghanistan is its deadliest in two decades

Afghanistan's deadliest earthquake in two decades killed at least 920 people near the southeastern city of Khost on Wednesday, officials have said.

Reuters

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Manchester Evening News

280 dead in Afghanistan earthquake and many more wounded

The magnitude 6.1 quake struck around 27 miles of land near the Pakistani border at a depth of 51km

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Eastern Afghanistan earthquake kills at least 255 people

Afghanistan’s state-run news agency says at least 255 people have killed in an earthquake that struck the country’s eastern Paktika province

WEKU

More than 900 people have reportedly been killed in an earthquake in Afghanistan

The hardest hit areas were remote farming villages in the eastern Afghan province of Paktika. "All the village completely is destroyed," said one man, showing collapsed homes on a cell phone video.

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France 24

More than 1,000 people killed as earthquake strikes eastern Afghanistan

A powerful earthquake struck a rural, mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan early on Wednesday, killing 1,000 people and injuring 1,500 more, according to a state-run news agency. Officials warned that the already grim toll would likely rise as rescuers dig through collapsed dwellings.

Wales Online

Earthquake kills at least 255 people in Afghanistan

Rescuers arriving by helicopter to help casualties

Daily Mirror

Afghanistan earthquake: 1,000 people killed and scores wounded in horror shake

According to the US Geological Survey, the earthquake struck around 44 km (27 miles) from the city of Khost, near the Pakistani border, at a depth of 51 km

Dynamite News

Afghanistan: 255 killed in 2 Afghan provinces as result of earthquake

An earthquake has struck Afghanistan, leaving at least 255 people dead in the provinces of Paktika and Khost, Elias Khel Naseri. Read further on Dynamite News:

ABC News

Afghanistan rocked by magnitude-6.1 earthquake, leaving 1,000 dead, according to Taliban officials

A deadly earthquake has struck the east of Afghanistan and has also been felt in neighbouring Pakistan.

Axios

Afghanistan earthquake kills at least 1,000 people, officials say

Magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck southeastern Afghanistan, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Afghanistan Earthquake Kills at Least 255 People

An earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, killing at least 255 people, authorities said. Information remained scarce on the magnitude 6 temblor that struck Paktika province, but it comes as the international community largely has left Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover of the country last year amid the chaotic withdrawal…

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