Rescue efforts continued October 8 in western Afghanistan a day after a series of powerful earthquakes left a wave of destruction and killed more than 2,000 people in what is being described as the worst such natural disaster in years in the quake-prone mountainous country.
Rescue efforts continued October 8 in western Afghanistan a day after a series of powerful earthquakes left a wave of destruction and killed up to two thousand in what is being described as the worst such natural disaster in years in the quake-prone mountainous country.
Officials in Afghanistan’s Herat region said at least 14 people have been killed and dozens injured by a 6.2-magnitude earthquake that struck the region on October 7.
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) called on the Taliban on September 29 to cease “arbitrary arrests and detentions” as it highlighted the recent apprehension of two women’s rights activists in Kabul.