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Magnitude 6 quake has also left thousands without shelter

The European Commission has announced 1 million euros in humanitarian funding to address the most urgent needs of affected Afghans in response to the powerful earthquake that struck southern Afghanistan early morning of June 22.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has rushed tons of relief items and several expert staff to support relief efforts in the south eastern parts of Afghanistan

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Afghanistan's Taliban authorities said they have ended search-and-rescue operations after the June 22 earthquake that struck the eastern part of the country, as the death toll in the worst such disaster in two decades rose to 1,150 people. 

The magnitude six quake is the country's deadliest in two decades.

India delivered the second consignment of relief assistance on Friday to support the people of Afghanistan badly affected by the earthquake that struck this week in the eastern part of the country.

Indian officials returned to the embassy in Kabul to ramp up humanitarian efforts in the wake of the earthquake that killed more than 1,000 Afghans outside the city of Khost.

At least five people were killed on Friday when a tremor hit Afghanistans Paktika province where a massive earthquake had claimed 1,100 lives earlier this week, authorities said."Unfortunately, once again an earthquake hit Gayan district ...

The UN and partners have rushed to support Afghanistan following a devastating earthquake that hit two provinces in the east of the country early on Wednesday m