Afghanistan, Sept. 8 -- Deadly earthquakes in Afghanistan's Nangarhar and Kunar provinces have killed over 2,000 people, destroyed thousands of homes, and left tens of thousands urgently reliant on international aid.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned that the humanitarian toll from recent earthquakes in Afghanistan's eastern provinces of Nangarhar and Kunar is far greater than first feared. More than 2,000 people are reported dead and thousands of homes have been reduced to rubble.
According to OCHA's latest situation report, at least 5,902 families-equivalent to more than 38,000 people-have been affected across both provinces. More than 5,000 houses have been completely destroyed, le...