Ahmad Shah Erfanyar

The Indian Foreign Minister expressed condolences to his Afghan counterpart over Sunday night’s earthquake during a telephone call and confirmed that India had delivered 1,000 tents and 15 tons of food supplies to Afghanistan.

Pakistan and India, expressing solidarity with the people of Afghanistan, have voiced their readiness to provide assistance to those affected by the deadly earthquake in eastern Afghanistan.

Iran on Monday expressed sympathy for Afghanistan’s earthquake victims, particularly the families of the deceased, and announced its readiness to assist the Afghan government with relief and rescue efforts in the eastern provinces.

The United Nations, the European Union, Japan and Turkey have expressed deep sorrow over the deadly earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan on Sunday night and have sent teams to provide urgent assistance to the affected communities.

The deputy spokesman of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) says the fourth anniversary of the withdrawal of the last US solider from Afghanistan proved the country cannot be conquered and every occupier’s fate is a shameful defeat.

Houthi Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi and several other ministers have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, reports said.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Pakistani ambassador in Kabul after drone attacks on Khost and Nangarhar provinces last week.

Australia has accused Iran of carrying out two antisemitic arson attacks in Sydney and Melbourne and gave the Iranian ambassador seven days to leave the country and suspended the operation of its embassy in Tehran, reports New York Times.

Minister of Public Health Maulvi Noor Jalal Jalali has emphasised that access to health services is a right of the people and the health sector must be kept free from political influence.

At least 14 people were killed, including three journalists,  in Israeli airstrike on a hospital in southern Gaza on Monday, a media report said.

At least six people have been killed and 86 others injured in Israeli airstrikes on the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, media reports said.

The European Union (EU) has pledged €10 million to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to safeguard Afghan children, particularly those returning from neighbouring countries.