Overview
- India’s foreign ministry said Sunday it delivered humanitarian relief after days of flooding and a 5.8-magnitude earthquake.
- The consignment includes kitchen sets, hygiene kits, plastic sheets, tarpaulins and sleeping bags to help families set up safe shelter and basic sanitation.
- Afghan officials report 131 homes destroyed, 650 damaged and more than 3,000 jeribs of farmland affected, with casualty counts still shifting across reports.
- The US Geological Survey placed the 5.8 quake’s epicenter in Badakhshan at deep focus, and tremors reached Kabul and several eastern provinces.
- Many of those hit are recent returnees living in temporary shelters, which fail easily in heavy rain or shaking and leave families without secure housing or belongings.