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The death toll of children in last week's devastating earthquake in southeastern Afghanistan has risen to at least 155, the United Nations said.

At least 155 children have perished as a result of last week's deadly earthquake in southeast Afghanistan, the United Nations reported.

The death toll of children in last weeks devastating earthquake in southeastern Afghanistan has risen to at least 155, the United Nations said as the scope of the deadliest quake to hit the impoverished country in two decades comes into focus.

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Afghanistan Cooperation Forum (PACF) is keeping up its efforts to assist the people of Afghanistan

Following an earthquake that struck Khost and Paktika provinces in Afghanistan, where hundreds of people have been killed and over a thousand wounded, we've sent response teams to the worst-affected areas.

The death toll of children in last week’s devastating earthquake in southeastern Afghanistan has risen to at least 155, the UN said as the scope of the deadliest quake to hit the impoverished country in two decades comes into focus. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on Sunday said that another 250 children were injured in the magnitude 6 temblor that struck the mountainous villages in the Paktika and Khost provinces, flattening homes and triggering landslides. Most of ...

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake had hit southern Afghanistan provinces on June 22, leaving 1,150 dead and at least 1,600 injured.

Geneva, June 27: The World Health Organization (WHO) has said surveillance of infectious diseases in the earthquake-hit areas of Afghanistan has been increased following warnings by local authorities that the survivors are at risk of disease. VOA News quoted Afghan officials as saying that at least 1,150 people were killed, many more were injured, and thousands of homes were damaged or destroyed in Wednesday’s powerful quake that struck the southeastern Afghan provinces of Paktika and Khos...

Tens of thousands of Afghans harmed by the earthquake urgently need food, health care and assistance to rebuild their homes  

WFP is providing emergency assistance to families affected by the 22 June earthquake that hit the south-eastern provinces of Paktika and Khost in Afghanistan. WFP has teams on the ground assessing humanitarian needs among earthquake-hit families. WFP