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UN Mobilizes Amid Cascading Earthquakes in Eastern Afghanistan, Aiming to 'Build Back Better'
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UN Mobilizes Amid Cascading Earthquakes in Eastern Afghanistan, Aiming to 'Build Back Better'
IOM teams are assessing damage and delivering life-saving support to those in urgent need after a devastating earthquake in Afghanistan. Credit: IOMBy Jennifer Xin-Tsu Lin LevineUNITED NATIONS, Sep 5 2025 (IPS) United Nations aid organizations are rallying after a series of earthquakes and powerful aftershocks wreaked unprecedented havoc across eastern Afghanistan—particularly in the mountainous provinces of Kunar and Nangarhar. Preliminary repo…
The magnitude 6 earthquake that struck near the Pakistani border on August 31st exacerbated Afghanistan's water shortage. The UN reported that thousands of homes were destroyed and tens of thousands of people were affected.
Spokesperson for the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric stated that the earthquake that occurred in Afghanistan on August 31 further aggravated the existing water shortage in the region.
UN Secretary-General's spokesman Stephane Dujarric says 25 percent of the earthquake-hit areas in eastern Afghanistan are contaminated with explosives. A spokesman for the UN Secretary-General announced the figures at a news conference in New York on Wednesday. He said the areas were contaminated with explosives because of years of war in Afghanistan. According to Taliban statistics, about 1,150 square kilometers of the country's territory is co…
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