UNICEF launches US$ 20 million appeal to support 96,000 children affected by recent earthquakes in western Afghanistan
KABUL, 12 October 2023 – Over 90 per cent of those reported killed in Afghanistan’s recent earthquakes are women and children. In Zinda Jan district alone, over 11,500 people saw their homes completely flattened. With two 6.3-magnitude quakes shaking the region over just five days, and over 1,000 people killed [1] , there are thousands more in…