Funding urgently needed as thousands homeless after Afghanistan quake, says UN


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  • Thursday, 11 Sep 2025

A view of damaged houses in a mountainous area following the deadly earthquake in Bambakot village, in Dera Noor, Afghanistan September 6, 2025. REUTERS/Sayed Hassib/File Photo

GENEVA (Reuters) -Urgent funding is needed to scale up life-saving support for families forced to sleep outdoors following powerful earthquakes that recently struck eastern Afghanistan, the UN's migration agency said on Thursday.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is appealing for $16.8 million, in line with the United Nations joint humanitarian appeal, to provide emergency shelter and health care for 134,000 people.

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