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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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Afghanistan ends hunt for quake survivors

Afghan authorities have called off the search for survivors of an earthquake that killed 1000 people.

Crikey

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."

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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.

Reuters

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

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.

Tribune News Service

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

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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

The Guardian - UK

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

The earthquake is the worst to hit the country in decades

Evening Standard

Afghanistan earthquake survivors dig by hand as aid is delayed

At least 1,000 people killed by a magnitude 5.9 earthquake in remote, landslide-prone regions of eastern Afghanistan.

Al Jazeera

Australia's Afghan community, devastated by deadly earthquake, mobilises to raise funds

Rescuers are digging through rubble with their hands, and the ripple effects of the disaster are being felt in the community in Australia.

ABC News

Taliban appeal for help as rescuers scramble to reach Afghan quake survivors

Afghan authorities struggled on Thursday to reach a remote area hit by an earthquake that killed some 1,000 people but poor communications and a lack of proper roads hampered their efforts, officials said, as the country's supreme leader pleaded with the international community for help.

France 24

Rescuers scramble to reach Afghan quake survivors as foreign aid arrives

Bermal (Afghanistan) (AFP) - Desperate rescuers battled against the clock and heavy rain Thursday to reach cut-off areas in eastern Afghanistan after a powerful earthquake killed at least 1,000 people and left thousands more homeless.

AFP

Survivors dig by hand after Afghanistan quake killing 1,000

The disaster inflicted by the quake heaps more misery on a country where millions face increasing hunger and poverty and the health system has been crumbling since the Taliban retook power last year.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

At Least 1,000 Killed in Afghan Quake, with Fear Toll Will Rise

Desperate rescuers battled against the clock Thursday under pouring rain to pull survivors from the rubble after a powerful quake struck a mountainous border region of Afghanistan, killing at least 1,000 people. The 5.9-magnitude quake struck hardest in the rugged east, where people already lead hardscrabble lives in the grip…

Reuters

Afghan Taliban say rescue effort almost complete one day after earthquake kills 1,000

Aid began arriving on Thursday in a remote part of Afghanistan where an earthquake killed 1,000 people, with Taliban officials saying the rescue operation was almost complete.

ABC News

What do we know about the Afghanistan earthquake and why is the region so vulnerable?

More than 1,000 people have been killed after a powerful 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck in Afghanistan on Wednesday. Here's what we know about the disaster, the region's vulnerability and the Taliban's response.

The Guardian - UK

Afghanistan earthquake: Taliban appeal for more aid as death toll set to mount

The hardline Islamist leadership says help needs to be ‘scaled up’ after the quake devastated towns and villages in the country’s mountainous east

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Axios

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.

The Independent UK

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

AFP

At least 1,000 killed in Afghan quake, with fear toll will rise

Sharan (Afghanistan) (AFP) - Desperate rescuers battled against the clock Thursday under pouring rain to pull survivors from the rubble after a powerful quake struck a mountainous border region of Afghanistan, killing at least 1,000 people.

Reuters

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.

AFP

Heartbreak and shock at Afghan quake hospital

Sharan (Afghanistan) (AFP) - Bibi Hawa's face is distorted by tears as she tries to grasp her predicament from a hospital bed in Sharan, capital of Afghanistan's Paktika province.

The Guardian - UK

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

Crikey

Scramble to get aid to Afghan quake zone

Poor communications and roads are making it hard to get aid to residents of an Afghan province where a 6.1 magnitude quake struck, killing at least 1000 people.

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