Overview

• UNDP satellite analysis counts more than 649,000 tonnes of rubble—about 40,500 truckloads—across hardest-hit provinces including Kunar, Nangarhar and Laghman.
• AI-based modelling estimates 23,000 to 31,000 people were displaced, while the UN says roughly 500,000 were affected overall.
• UNU-INWEH reports over 13,000 buildings damaged or collapsed within 50 km of the epicenter, with some villages seeing up to 90% of structures impacted.
• Rescue and relief have been slowed by landslides and rugged terrain that forced aid workers to travel on foot for hours, leaving many families sleeping outdoors.
• Taliban authorities outline a three-phase plan, using former US military trucks and new roadworks in the Diwa Gul Valley to deliver aid and prepare for reconstruction.