Overview

• USGS reports a magnitude-6.0 earthquake near Jalalabad at 11:47 p.m. local time at a shallow depth of about 8 km, followed by aftershocks including magnitude 4.5 and 5.2.
• Casualty figures diverge, with Taliban authorities citing roughly 800 dead and 2,500 injured, while the Afghan Red Crescent reports 1,124 dead, at least 3,251 injured, and more than 8,000 homes destroyed.
• Kunar province bears the brunt of the damage, including Nurgal district where residents say entire villages collapsed, as mud-brick houses crumbled and many people remained trapped.
• Helicopters are evacuating the wounded and medical teams from Kunar, Nangarhar and Kabul are deployed, but blocked roads have left some communities unreachable and villagers are digging by hand.
• The United Nations announced an initial $5 million for relief and agencies such as WFP, IRC, Islamic Relief and Save the Children are mobilizing, with responders warning that funding cuts constrain the scale of aid.