Nearly 100,000 children in Afghanistan require urgent support three months following devastating earthquakes in the country’s west, UNICEF reported on Monday.
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit Herat province on Oct. 7, followed by another significant quake on Oct. 11, resulting in over 1,000 fatalities. Zinda Jan and Injil districts were heavily impacted, with a majority of the victims being women and children. Approximately 21,000 homes were destroyed, according to a UNICEF statement.
UNICEF urgently requires $1.4 billion in 2024 to address the humanitarian and basic needs of 19.4 million Afghans, constituting half of the country’s population.
UNICEF’s statistics reveal that the earthquakes in Herat led to the destruction of 21,000 homes, with many families suffering human casualties and losing livestock and agricultural land.
