Afghanistan earthquake

Afghanistan earthquake

Red Crescent volunteers walk next to damaged houses as they reach Lulam village to help the victims following a deadly magnitude-6 earthquake that struck Afghanistan on Sunday, in Nurgal district, Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 3, 2025. REUTERS/Sayed Hassib

Afghanistan airdrops commandos to rescue earthquake survivors

A second quake of magnitude 5.5 on Tuesday evening caused panic and interrupted rescue efforts as it sent rocks sliding down mountains and cut off roads to villages in remote areas.

Afghan men search for their belongings amidst the rubble of a collapsed house after a deadly magnitude-6 earthquake that struck Afghanistan around midnight, in Dara Mazar, in Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 1, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer

Afghanistan earthquake death toll tops 1,400

Damaged houses are seen after a deadly magnitude-6 earthquake that struck Afghanistan around midnight, in Dara Noor, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, September 1, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Sayed Hassib

Rescuers in Afghanistan race to reach remote quake-hit mountain villages

A general view of the quake-hit area in the district of Zinda Jan, in Herat, Afghanistan October 10, 2023. REUTERS/Ali Khara

Another quake hits western Afghanistan; official says losses 'huge'

An Afghan man walks past a damaged house after the recent earthquake in Wor Kali village in the Barmal district of Paktika province, Afghanistan, June 25, 2022. REUTERS/Ali Khara/File Photo

Factbox: Deadly Afghanistan earthquakes over the years

People carry injured to a helicopter following a massive earthquake, in Paktika Province, Afghanistan, June 22, 2022, in this screen grab taken from a video. BAKHTAR NEWS AGENCY/Handout via REUTERS

Afghanistan seeks help for earthquake survivors as aftershock kills five

People carry injured to a helicopter following a massive earthquake, in Paktika Province, Afghanistan, June 22, 2022, in this screen grab taken from a video. BAKHTAR NEWS AGENCY/Handout via REUTERS

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

Volunteers from the Al-Khidmat Foundation load sacks of flour on a truck for the people affected by the earthquake in Afghanistan, in Peshawar, Pakistan June 23, 2022. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz

Taliban's isolation makes Afghan earthquake response harder

Afghan children stand near a house that was destroyed in an earthquake in the Spera district of the southwestern part of Khost Province, Afghanistan.Photo: AP via Hindustantimes

Taliban seek international aid following catastrophic earthquake

Taliban allocates 1B Afghanis to the victims of earthquake in south-east afghanistan

Taliban allocates 1B Afghanis to the victims of earthquake in south-east afghanistan