Taliban Plead for Help: 1,400 Dead from EarthQuake

 

Rescue workers clear debris of a damaged house after a deadly magnitude-6 earthquake that struck Afghanistan, in Mazar Dara, Kunar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 2, 2025.
BY C STONE | STONE NEWS NETWORK ||| AFGHANISTAN

Source: abcnews

A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan on Sunday, killing over 1,400 people and injuring over 3,000.

About 8,000 houses have also been destroyed, and when the second earthquake followed at 5.2, it caused those partially collapsed buildings to sink even further.


The Taliban are asking world leaders to help during their humanitarian crisis. 

The following organizations are helping onsite where they can:

World Food Programme

Doctors without Borders

British Red Cross

Save the Children

Afghan Relief

Rescue workers clear debris of a damaged house after a deadly magnitude-6 earthquake that struck Afghanistan, in Mazar Dara, Kunar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 2, 2025.


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