The Latest Breaking News from Herat

The death toll from a collision between a bus carrying Afghan migrants returning from Iran and two other vehicles in western Afghanistan has risen to 78, provincial officials said on Wednesday.

A major international aid agency and a Taliban official say thousands of Afghans are fleeing Iran every day to escape war and a deportation campaign

A series of devastating quakes has taken thousands of lives and left thousands more homeless. Aid specialists say the Taliban lacks the equipment and experience to help the survivors.

In a short span of about a week, a region about 40 km from Herat, Afghanistan was struck by four shallow focus earthquakes of 6.3 magnitude.

At least one person reported dead and nearly 100 injured after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits Herat province.

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake shook western Afghanistan on Sunday, killing one and injuring dozens more in the same region where more than 1,000 people died in tremors last week.

Shallow quake hits Afghanistan’s Herat City

Unusual 6.3 magnitude quake strikes NW of Herat, Afghanistan. Occurred due to thrust faulting near Hindu Kush Mt. range. Followed by 30 min later quake of same intensity. Half-dozen aftershocks. Oct 11 saw another 6.3 magnitude quake. Caused by horizontal compressive stresses, one block moves up relative to other. Occurred…

Over 1,000 people are thought to have been killed in the latest earthquake to hit Afghanistan. Humanitarian aid agencies are scrambling to help the affected villages. But the realities of Taliban rule are starting to have an impact on the ground, as relations between the authorities and NGOs fray.