September 1, 2025 Meet the Middle East

Funding cuts to Afghanistan obstruct earthquake response

By Charlotte GreenfieldKABUL (Reuters) -The shrinking of funding for Afghanistan, led by U.S. aid cuts, was hampering the response on Monday to a powerful earthquake in the east, with dozens of clinics closed and a helicopter out of use, humanitarian officials said. The magnitude 6 tremor hit overnight, levelling villages, killing at least 800 people and injuring more than 2,800 in remote mountainside areas.
Source: Al Monitor
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