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Afghanistan Quake Death Toll Rises to About 2,200 as Rescue Access Tightens

Relief faces severe shortages with blocked access, aid groups warn.

An Afghan man sits amid the remains of a damaged house, in the aftermath of an earthquake at the Dara-i-Nur district of Nangarhar province on September 3, 2025.
A village lies in rubble after Sunday night's powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck several provinces, in a remote valley in Kunar province, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Nava Jamshidi)
A woman and her children, survivors of Sunday night's 6.0-magnitude earthquake, wait for assistance in the village of Wadir, Kunar province, eastern Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Nava Jamshidi)
The earthquake is 'the last thing families with young children need in a country where many don't have enough food,' the World Food Programme says

Overview

  • Taliban officials raised the toll to roughly 2,205 dead and about 3,640 injured after the magnitude-6.0 quake that struck late Sunday near Jalalabad.
  • Aftershocks, including a 5.5 tremor, triggered landslides that cut off remote valleys, forcing aid teams to trek in on foot as helicopters and airdropped commandos reached otherwise inaccessible areas.
  • Authorities reported 155 helicopter flights evacuating around 2,000 injured people and relatives, while search-and-rescue operations continued with hopes of finding survivors fading in isolated villages.
  • More than 6,700 homes have been destroyed across Kunar, Nangarhar and Laghman, with assessments in some Kunar villages showing near-total damage and UNHCR’s Filippo Grandi saying over 500,000 people were affected.
  • Humanitarian agencies launched urgent appeals, with WFP warning food stocks cover only about four weeks and WHO seeking $4 million for emergency health needs, as countries including the UK and India moved initial aid.