A vehicle loaded with tents and other essential supplies is headed to a quake-hit area following a deadly earthquake that struck Afghanistan’s Kunar and Nangarhar provinces, in Nurgal district, Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 4, 2025.
| Photo Credit: Reuters
Russia said on Friday (September 5, 2025) it had sent a cargo plane of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan following last weekend’s powerful quake that authorities say killed at least 2,200 people.
The disaster has deepened an already severe humanitarian crisis, with some countries, including the United States, reluctant to provide aid to the country under the Taliban. Moscow earlier this year became the first country to officially recognise the Taliban government following their 2021 takeover.
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Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry said it had delivered 20 tonnes of food to Kabul for people affected by the earthquake.
“On the instructions of the president of the Russian Federation, a second batch of humanitarian aid is planned to be sent in the near future,” it added in a statement on social media.
The World Health Organization warned that local health-care services were “under immense strain,” with shortages of trauma supplies, medicines and staff.
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Filippo Grandi, head of the United Nations Refugee Agency, said the earthquake had “affected more than 5,00,000 people” in eastern Afghanistan.
The loss of the U.S. foreign aid to the country in January this year has strained aid organisations already facing dwindling funding to Afghanistan.
Published – September 05, 2025 12:11 pm IST
