Accidents & Disasters

Emergency aid for earthquake victims has arrived in Kabul from Japan, while Russia has also dispatched its first shipment of humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan.

The death toll from the devastating earthquake in eastern Kunar province has risen to 2,205 and the number of injured reached 3,640, while rescue operation still ongoing, an official said on Thursday.

A woman was killed and three others, including two young girls, were injured in a traffic accident in the southern Salang, police said on Thursday.

The governments of Australia and Ireland have said they will provide more than 1.5 million dollars in aid to the earthquake victims in eastern Afghanistan.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that a funding shortfall of over four million US dollars threatens to slow critical interventions for the victims of the devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, where thousands of displaced families face severe health and humanitarian needs.

Four Qatari aircraft carrying humanitarian aid have arrived in Kabul, delivering two mobile hospitals, medicines, food supplies and essential shelter items to support earthquake victims in eastern Afghanistan.

The deputy spokesman of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), Hamdullah Fitrat, says the death toll from the recent earthquake in the eastern provinces has risen, criticising some "irresponsible individuals" for circulating highly inflated and inaccurate figures.

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation has predicted heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, and flash floods in 12 provinces tomorrow (Thursday).

KABUL (Pajhwok): Rescue operations continued in the earthquake-hit areas on Wednesday; with the death toll in eastern Kunar province reaching 1,457.

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has announced that the United Nations has allocated five million dollars to assist the earthquake victims in eastern Afghanistan.

China, Iran, India, Turkey and Pakistan have provided cash, food and non-food assistance to earthquake victims in eastern Afghanistan.

The death toll from the devastating earthquake in the provincial capital and five districts of eastern Kunar province, has climbed to 1,411 with 3,124 others injured, while 5,412 houses have been destroyed.