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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. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer

New quake shakes devastated Afghan region as death toll exceeds 1,400

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

An Afghan man looks for his belongings amidst the rubble of a collapsed house after a deadly magnitude-6 earthquake that struck Afghanistan around midnight, in Dara Noor, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, September 1, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Sayed Hassib/File Photo

UK sets out support for Afghanistan earthquake victims

People take refuge in a field after a deadly magnitude-6 earthquake that struck Afghanistan around midnight, in Dara Mazar, in Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 1, 2025. REUTERS

Afghanistan earthquake kills 800, injures 2,800, Taliban asks world for help

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Hundreds feared dead, injured as earthquake of magnitude 6 hits Afghanistan

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attend the 26th ASEAN Plus Three Foreign Ministers' Meeting at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 10, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain/Pool/File Photo

China calls for enhancing exchanges, security with Pakistan, Afghanistan

Taliban soldiers stand guard at the second-anniversary ceremony of the takeover of Kabul by the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Ali Khara/File Photo

Trump pledged to save Afghans. But UAE had already sent some evacuees back

Britain's Defence Secretary John Healey attends Britain's Prime Minister's press conference during the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in The Hague, Netherlands, June 25, 2025. Photo: BEN STANSALL/Pool via REUTERS

Thousands of Afghans secretly moved to Britain after data leak

Many people crossing reported pressure from authorities or even arrest and deportation. Photo: Collected

'Emergency' at Afghan border as migrant returns from Iran surge ahead of deadline

People walk across Red Square near St Basil's Cathedral and the Kremlin's Spasskaya Tower in central Moscow, Russia September 21, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

Russia accepts Taliban's nominated ambassador to Moscow

File Photo: Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar speaks during a press conference in Islamabad. Photo: AFP/File

Pakistan to upgrade diplomatic ties with Afghanistan in easing of tensions