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On Sunday, August 31st at 11:47 pm local time, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border. It was a shallow quake with a depth of 8km, making it particularly destructive. The quake was followed by multiple aftershocks, including a 4.5-magnitude and two 5.2-magnitude events. There were 800 casualties initially reported; the number has now climbed to over 1,400, with more than 3,200 injured. The toll could rise further as rescue operations continue. There are reports that around 8,000 homes were destroyed, particularly in Kunar and Nangarhar provinces, where many houses are made of mud bricks and wood. https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/more-than-1100-dead-in-afghanistan-earthquake-with-many-more-trapped-under-rubble-after-60-quake/ar-AA1LHTo9 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/2/rescuers-focus-on-remote-mountainous-regions-after-afghanistan-earthquake At least 12,000 people are directly impacted. Unfortunately, rescue efforts are hampered by ...

UPDATE ON MARCH 17TH, 2022: Majority of people in Afghanistan and Yemen are facing extreme poverty and starvation: https://www.rescue.org/press-release/six-months-change-power-irc-warns-starvation-could-kill-more-afghans-last-twenty-years https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/02/16/china-denounces-us-bandits-seizing-7-billion-afghans-starve https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/01/10/progressives-demand-biden-end-sanctions-avert-mass-starvation-afghanistan https://www.rfi.fr/en/middle-east/20220314-famine-conditions-in-war-torn-yemen-rising-sharply-un Six months since the shift in power in Afghanistan, humanitarian needs across the country have skyrocketed. 97 per cent of the population is expected to be living well below the poverty line by the second half of this year. In Yemen, 17.4 million people out of 29 million are facing high levels of acute food insecurity, and total likely to increase this year to 19 million. The report said 2.2 million children are acutely malnourished in ...