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    Afghanistan, Dewagal Village, Chawkay district, Kunar province, 2 September 2025 In the photo: WFP has begun distributing high-energy biscuits to hundreds of families affected by the recent earthquake. A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border on the night of 31 August. The epicentre was located in Kuz Kunar District, Nangarhar Province. Initial reports indicate around 10,000 to 12,000 people affected, approximately 800 people dead, numerous more injured and severe damage to homes in Kunar, Nangarhar, Laghman and Nuristan provinces. While assessments are still underway, WFP is starting an immediate food response delivering high-energy biscuits to affected communities. WFP is also dispatching mobile storage units to support logistics. WFP-led UNHAS stands ready to operate additional flights to transport passengers and cargo to and from Jalalabad. This earthquake adds to the series of crises Afghanistan is currently enduring, deepening an already dire humanitarian situation marked by surging malnutrition, forced returnees from Pakistan and Iran, an intensifying drought, and a sharp decline in humanitarian aid due to funding constraints.

    WFP delivers food aid to 58,000 people in earthquake-hit eastern Afghanistan

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    The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has provided emergency food assistance to more than 58,000 people in the eastern Afghan provinces of Kunar, Nangarhar, and Laghman, after a powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck the region a month ago.

    The earthquakes worsened an already severe food security crisis, with over 9 million Afghans facing acute food insecurity, and acute malnutrition among children and mothers at record highs.

    The quake-hit region is also facing an influx of Afghan families forcibly expelled from Pakistan, many returning to shattered homes and farmland in eastern Afghanistan.

    WFP said that it has also supported humanitarian operations with logistics, including the deployment of UNHAS flights and helicopters to deliver aid to remote communities. Communications and energy infrastructure, such as VSAT internet, UHF radios, and solar power systems, have been established to facilitate coordination.

    Despite these efforts, WFP continues to face a funding gap of US$622 million for the next six months, with limited resources forcing support to fewer than one million people per month.

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