Overview

• Search-and-rescue continues in Kunar’s mountain villages, with authorities saying some areas remain unreachable days after the shallow magnitude‑6.0 quake near Jalalabad.
• The Taliban cite at least 1,411 dead and about 3,124 injured, while the Afghan Red Crescent reports roughly 1,124 fatalities and around 3,251 injuries.
• Multiple aftershocks, including a magnitude‑5.2 tremor, and landslides have blocked roads, forcing helicopter evacuations and on-foot treks by aid teams.
• Thousands of homes collapsed across Kunar, Nangarhar and Laghman, with reports ranging from more than 5,000 to over 8,000 destroyed and several villages flattened.
• Emergency assistance is ramping up, with $5 million released from the UN’s CERF and the EU pledging €1 million plus about 130 tonnes of relief supplies.