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State media reported that close to 3,000 homes were destroyed or badly damaged in Wednesday’s earthquake.

Following the collapse of the previous government and severe international sanctions, the countrys humanitarian crisis has only deepened.

Five killed in latest temblor as poor infrastructure and unrecognized Taliban government make it harder for local and international groups to provide aid

Islamabad - A powerful earthquake in Afghanistan’s southeast has killed more than 1,000 people and injured hundreds of others, Taliban authorities s

An aftershock took more lives and threatened to pile even more misery on an area of eastern Afghanistan reeling from a powerful earthquake that state media said killed 1,150 people

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Wednesday’s magnitude 6 quake killed 121 children when it struck a remote, mountainous region already grappling with staggering poverty.

Five more people died in Afghanistan when an aftershock struck an area already rattled by an earthquake that killed more than 1,000 people.

Afghanistan earthquake death: An aftershock took more lives Friday and threatened to pile even more misery on an area of eastern Afghanistan reeling from a powerful earthquake that state media said killed 1,150 people this week.

There was little sign of heavy equipment- only one bulldozer was spotted being transported. Ambulances circulated, but little other help to the living was evident.