00:01Aid agencies have urged the international community to send much-needed funding to Afghanistan
00:06after a major earthquake killed at least 1,400 people and injured thousands more.
00:14Only a handful of countries have committed money since the 6.0 magnitude quake struck
00:19several mountainous provinces, leaving villages trapped under rubble.
00:26The European Union and the United Kingdom are donating one million each to help with the
00:31cash going to aid organisations and sidestepping the Taliban government, which they do not recognise.
00:39Australia and South Korea have also donated one million each.
00:46Taliban authorities have appealed for international help, despite deep aid cuts that have befallen
00:50the government.
00:54International funding to Afghanistan has fallen dramatically since the Taliban took over,
00:58with only 28 per cent of the humanitarian funding target met this year.
01:04Without aid, rescue teams have struggled to reach affected communities in the rugged Qunar
01:09region, where roads are blocked by landslides and rockfalls.
01:14The earthquake is the third major quake since the Taliban seized power in 2021 and the latest
01:20crisis to beset the country.
01:24Afghanistan is reeling from deep cuts to aid funding, a weak economy and millions of people
01:28forcibly returned from Iran and Pakistan.
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