Afghans begin clean-up after powerful earthquake that killed 20
World 17:44 04/11/2025TANGI TASHQURGHAN, Afghanistan - Residents of northern Afghanistan began a clean-up operation on Tuesday after a powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake left at least 20 dead and almost 1,000 injured.
Powerful 6.3 quake kills at least 20 in Afghanistan, hundreds injured
World 16:08 03/11/2025KABUL -- A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif early on Monday, killing at least 20 people, injuring hundreds and damaging the city's historic Blue Mosque, authorities said, with the death toll likely to rise.
Kabul's wells run dry, driving children out of class and into water queues
World 13:50 30/09/2025KABUL -- Eight-year-old Noorullah and his twin, Sanaullah, spend their days hauling yellow jerrycans on a wheelbarrow through Kabul's dusty alleys instead of going to school - an ordeal for one family that reflects Afghanistan's deepening water crisis.
Afghan earthquake survivors refuse to return to villages, fearing landslides
World 12:31 08/09/2025MASUD, Afghanistan - Haunted by the fear that aftershocks could bring rocks crashing down from the mountains, the survivors of Afghan earthquakes vowed not to return to destroyed villages but camp in fields and on riverbanks instead, even without tents to keep off the rain.
Afghanistan earthquake death toll tops 2,200, survivors face aid crunch
World 20:59 04/09/2025Rescue workers on Thursday pulled bodies from the rubble of homes razed in Afghanistan's earthquakes as the confirmed death toll topped 2,200, while homeless survivors faced a bleak future with global aid agencies warning of dwindling resources.
Afghanistan earthquake kills more than 800, flattens villages
World 12:00 02/09/2025Survivors of an earthquake that flattened villages in eastern Afghanistan, killing more than 800 people, spent the night in the open as rescuers worked Tuesday to pull victims from the rubble.
Afghan earthquake of magnitude 6 kills 622, injures over 1,500
World 17:20 01/09/2025More than 600 people were killed and over 1,500 injured in one of Afghanistan's worst earthquakes, authorities said on Monday, as helicopters ferried the wounded to hospital after they were plucked from rubble being combed for survivors.
Hundreds feared dead after 6.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Jalalabad, Afghanistan
World 10:43 01/09/2025Hundreds are feared dead following a 6.0 magnitude earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan, in a mountainous area close to the border with Pakistan, local officials said on Monday.
