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UN issues emergency funding appeal to help survivors of devastating Afghan earthquake
The United Nations requests nearly $140 million to aid 457,000 earthquake victims amid funding cuts and access challenges under Taliban control, with winter conditions worsening the crisis.
- On August 31, 2025, a shallow 6.0-magnitude quake struck Konar province in eastern Afghanistan, killing more than 2,200 people and triggering powerful aftershocks.
- The shallow quake and its aftershocks struck fragile geology in rugged high‑altitude terrain, raising landslide risks and threatening remote mountain communities.
- Aid teams report more than 3,600 injured and more than 6,700 homes damaged or destroyed, while the United Nations emergency appeal seeks nearly $140 million to help 457,000 people.
- Funding shortfalls and access limits have hampered relief efforts, with a grounded helicopter due to funding cuts and United States funds not yet released, while the World Health Organization urges Taliban to lift restrictions on Afghan female aid workers.
- The U.N. warns that funding cuts have left relief efforts strained, with funding down 35% since last year while nearly 23 million Afghans depend on assistance amid donor governments' reservations about Taliban policies toward women.
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UN appeals for emergency funds to aid Afghan quake survivors
The United Nations is issuing an emergency appeal for nearly $140 million in desperately needed funding to help nearly half a million people affected by the devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan. Afghan authorities have said the 6.0 magnitude quake on 31 August and ensuing aftershocks killed more than 2,200 people in the country’s mountainous and rugged east. Many of the most severely affected areas have been particularly difficult to ge…
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UN issues emergency funding appeal to help survivors of devastating Afghan earthquake
The United Nations is issuing an emergency appeal for nearly $140 million in desperately needed funding to help nearly half a million people affected by the devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan.
UN urges states to set aside politics as it seeks $140M for Afghanistan quake victims
GENEVA, Switzerland – The United Nations said on Tuesday, September 9, it was seeking $139.6 million to help half a million people affected by earthquakes that struck eastern Afghanistan, and it urged donors to set aside any reservations about the Taliban authorities. Afghanistan’s worst earthquake in years, which struck on the night of August 31 into September 1, killed more than 2,200 people and was followed by a series of powerful aftershocks…
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