UN agency to build 2,300 earthquake-resilient houses in Afghanistan

Aug 23, 2022

Kabul [Afghanistan], August 23 : UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency announced the start of a more than USD 14 million community-based construction effort to...

UN sets up 'Family Health Houses' in Quake-hit Paktika province of Afghanistan

Oct 19, 2022

Kabul [Afghanistan], October 19 : The United Nations Population Fund (UNFP) has announced the formation of family health houses in the earthquake-ravaged Paktika province...

Afghanistan: Artillery explosion kills five children in Helmand province

Apr 02, 2022

Helmand [Afghanistan], April 2 : In an artillery explosion in Afghanistan's southeastern Helmand province, five children were killed and two were wounded.

6.4 magnitude quake hits Manila

Aug 18, 2020

Manila [Phillippines], Aug 18 : An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 on the Richter scale struck the Southeastern region of Manila, Phillippines, on Tuesday early...

Heavy clashes underway in Ghazni as Taliban eyes tenth provincial capital in Afghanistan

Aug 12, 2021

Kabul [Afghanistan], August 12 : Heavy clashes are underway between Afghan defense forces and Taliban in Ghazni city in the southeastern part of the...

Afghanistan: Bomb Blast at mosque leaves 3 dead, 20 injured in Paktia province

Mar 06, 2022

Paktia [Afghanistan], March 6 : A bomb explosion at the gate of a mosque in Dand Aw Patan district in southeastern Paktia province...