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Searchers retrieve bodies in Afghan quake

NURGAL, Afghanistan – Volunteers and rescuers were pulling nore bodies from the rubble of destroyed buildings in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, four days after...

Afghanistan quake death toll tops 2,200–govt spokesman

Kabul, Afghanistan—More than 2,200 people were killed in the magnitude 6.0 earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan at the weekend, according to the latest toll from...

No Filipinos injured in Afghanistan quake

The Philippine Embassy in Islamabad, which has jurisdiction over Afghanistan, reported that there were no Filipino casualties or injuries following the magnitude 6.0 earthquake...

Hope dwindles for survivors days after deadly Afghan quake

JALALABAD, Afghanistan – Hope faded Wednesday of finding survivors in the rubble of homes devastated by the weekend’s powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, as...

UN: Afghan quake toll over900 could impact ‘thousands’

GENEVA – The UN on Tuesday said the earthquake in eastern Afghanistan that has killed more than 900 people could impact “hundreds of thousands,”...

Fresh quake hits disaster-struck Afghanistan, as toll passes 1,400

Jalalabad, Afghanistan—A fresh 5.2-magnitude earthquake hit the east of Afghanistan on Tuesday, jolting a region still struggling with the aftermath of a powerful quake at...

Eastern Afghanistan quake death toll more than 800 – officials

KABUL – More than 800 people were killed by a strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake and multiple aftershocks in eastern Afghanistan, provincial Nangarhar government officials...

Afghanistan earthquake kills more than 800

Jalalabad, Afghanistan—A massive rescue operation was underway in Afghanistan Monday, after a strong earthquake and multiple aftershocks flattened homes in a remote, mountainous region, killing...

Long-awaited pension payments for retirees

KABUL – After a four-year suspension, the Taliban government has announced it would resume pension payments for Afghanistan’s nearly 150,000 retired military and civil...

From drought to floods, water extremes drive displacement

AFGHANISTAN – Next to small bundles of belongings, Maruf waited for a car to take him and his family away from their village in...

Afghan bus crash death toll: 76

AFGANISTAN – The death toll from a collision between a bus carrying Afghan migrants returning from Iran and two other vehicles in western Afghanistan...

Families forever scarred 4 years after air crash

KABUL, Afghanistan – The day after the Taliban stormed into the Afghan capital in August 2021, Afghans desperate to evacuate clung to the fuselage...

Filipina economist new head of ADB’s Central and West Asia Department

 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Leah Gutierrez as the new director general for its Central and West Asia Department, effective July 28,...

Afghan capital losing race vs. water lack

KABUL – Every week, Bibi Jan scrapes together some of her husband’s meager daily wage to buy precious water from rickshaw-drawn tankers that supply...
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