Aid agencies ask countries to send more funds to help Afghanistan after Sunday's earthquake

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Aid agencies ask countries to send more funds to help Afghanistan after Sunday's earthquake  The European Union and the United Kingdom have both donated to aid organisations at work in the region, side-stepping the Taliban government.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/09/04/aid-agencies-ask-countries-to-send-more-funds-to-help-afghanistan-after-sundays-earthquake  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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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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