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The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has put the death toll at 770 people.

At least five people were killed and 11 others were injured after an aftershock hit a district of the quake-hit Afghanistans Paktika on Friday.

The State Ministry for Disaster Management said more than 3,000 houses have been destroyed due to the recent earthquake that shook southeast Afghanistan.

Amplifying Atlanta

Interference in the delivery of aid raises fears that the former insurgents will meddle in relief efforts

The death toll from a devastating earthquake in Afghanistan continued to climb days after it turned brick and stone homes into rubble.

Famed seismologist Lucy Jones explains how building methods and quake dynamics interact—and what to do about the problem

The devastating quake that struck this remote region of eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, killing more than 1,000 people, will be a major test of the Taliban’s ability to respond to a large-scale, logistically challenging disaster.

Aid organisations like the local Red Crescent and UN agencies like the World Food Programme sends food, tents, sleeping mats and other essentials

Near the epicentre of the quake that struck Afghanistan this week, houses lie in ruins.