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2. "Afghanistan was already struggling with drought, a weak economy and the recent return of some 2 million Afghans from

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Fri Sep 5, 2025, 03:00 AM

Sep 5

neighboring countries"

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Aid workers have reported walking for hours to reach villages cut off by landslides and rockfall.

Funding cuts are also having an impact on the response. The Norwegian Refugee Council said it had fewer than 450 staff in Afghanistan whereas it had 1,100 in 2023, the date of the last major quake in the country. The council only had one warehouse remaining and no emergency stock. . . . “We have only $100,000 available to support emergency response efforts. This leaves an immediate funding gap of $1.9 million,

Aid organizations describe the latest disaster as a crisis within a crisis. Afghanistan was already struggling with drought, a weak economy and the recent return of some 2 million Afghans from neighboring countries.

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Death toll from Afghan earthquake jumps to more than 2,200 as aid agencies plead for funds [View all] Omaha Steve Sep 4 OP

repukes screamed about the withrawal Skittles Sep 4 #1

Most Americans won't give a fuck. maxsolomon Sep 5 #3

Dems would not hesitate to send aid Skittles Sep 5 #4

Dems would be excoriated on RW Media for doing so. maxsolomon Sep 5 #5

FUCK the RW media Skittles Sep 5 #6

LOL, it's good to be reminded of that. maxsolomon Sep 5 #7

"Afghanistan was already struggling with drought, a weak economy and the recent return of some 2 million Afghans from progree Sep 5 #2