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U.N. Seeks $139.6 Million for Afghanistan Quake as Hundreds of Villages Remain Unreached

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Residents from surrounding towns and villages climb as they try to reach the quake-hit region to assist survivors after Sunday night's powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck several provinces, in the Nurgol district, Kunar province, eastern Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Nava Jamshidi)
A boy stands in front of houses damaged by a deadly earthquake that struck Afghanistan's Kunar and Nangarhar provinces, at Masud village in Nurgal district, Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 4, 2025. REUTERS/Sayed Hassib/File Photo
Residents from surrounding towns and villages try to reach the quake-hit region to assist survivors after Sunday night's powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck several provinces, in the Nurgol district, Kunar province, eastern Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Nava Jamshidi)

Overview

  • The four-month appeal targets 457,000 people in Kunar, Laghman and Nangarhar after late-August quakes left tens of thousands without shelter.
  • Only 49 of roughly 411 affected villages have been assessed, with 362 still not reached due to landslides, aftershocks and narrow mountain roads that turn a 100-kilometre trip into a 6.5-hour drive.
  • Afghan authorities report at least 2,200 dead and more than 3,600 injured, with over 6,700 homes damaged or destroyed, including 5,230 confirmed destroyed in initial U.N. surveys.
  • U.N. teams cite alarming sanitation gaps in displacement sites, noting cholera is endemic and that initial checks found 92% of communities practicing open defecation.
  • Funding to Afghanistan’s humanitarian response is down about 35%, grounding a helicopter critical for access, as the U.N. urges donors to set aside political reservations and WHO delivers nearly 80 tonnes of medical supplies, including a new 35-tonne consignment to Kabul.