URGENT: AFGHANISTAN EARTHQUAKE KILLS HUNDREDS
A deadly 6.0 magnitude earthquake hit Kunar province, killing at least 600 people and injuring more than 3,000. Save the Children is sending health teams immediately but more supplies are desperately needed. Support the Children’s Emergency Fund to ensure we’re able to respond quickly to life-threatening emergencies.
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- Severe economic crisis, consecutive droughts, and the suspension of development assistance has turned that crisis into a catastrophe.
- More than 800,000 children have crossed into Afghanistan from Iran and Pakistan in 2025; Children are strangers in their own homeland.
- Save the Children has been supporting communities and protecting children's rights across Afghanistan since 1976.
Afghanistan Earthquake Devastates Kunar, Nangarhar and Laghman — Children Urgently Need Aid
A powerful 6.0 earthquake has struck eastern Afghanistan, killing hundreds and injuring thousands in Kunar, Nangarhar and Laghman provinces. Save the Children works in the affected provinces and has sent health teams to one of the most heavily impacted districts in Kunar province. However, blocked roads due to fallen stones mean evacuations and aid delivery is limited at this time
Initial reports indicate more than 800 people have been killed, however tremors are still occurring intermittently, putting more lives at risk.
Children who survive disasters like this earthquake are at risk of being left alone, terrified and vulnerable. Your support can help provide families with emergency healthcare, shelter and essentials to help keep them safe.
Where homes have been destroyed, they will need immediate shelter and emergency relief items. From experience, we know often schools and hospitals can be damaged, threatening to cut them off from essential services they need to survive and thrive.
Save the Children has been working in Afghanistan since 1976, but the scale and severity of the current crisis is like nothing we have ever seen before. Families and refugees are increasingly taking desperate measures to survive.
Children’s access to healthcare, protection and education has been drastically diminished. Without access to education, children are being deprived of their fundamental rights. This is yet another devastating blow for children in Afghanistan who are facing an unprecedented hunger crisis.
Since March, Save the Children in Afghanistan has supported more than 150,000 child who have returned to Afghanistan, including the following:
Treated 7,465 people, including 3,867 boys and 3,598 girls under 5 years of age for pneumonia
Treated 978 children with acute malnutrition
Treated 10,167 children for malaria and diarrhoea, and 867 children received measles vaccinations
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Treated 452,486 children treated with nutrition services
Treated 564,671 children with health services
Provided pre-natenatal care to 2,888 pregnant women
