Several agriculture specialists in Herat believed that the outbreak of a new type of plant disease has caused the reduction ...

Afghans were already struggling with displacement, food insecurity and poverty before the quake struck, and the tragedy put ...

The devastating earthquake that hit western Afghanistan's Herat province a year ago was a major challenge for the Taliban.

ISLAMABAD — A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck western Afghanistan on ... villages in the same province. The US Geological Survey said the latest quake’s epicenter was about 34 kilometers (21 ...

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), marking the anniversary of the deadly earthquakes in Herat, emphasized that the affected individuals are still in need and that the ...

The devastating earthquake that hit western Afghanistan's Herat province a year ago was a major challenge for the Taliban KABUL, Afghanistan -- People had just seconds to flee their homes when the ...

or in the strong aftershocks that followed across Afghanistan's Herat province. The Taliban government estimated that at least 4,000 perished. The U.N. gave a far lower figure of about 1,500.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — People had just seconds to flee their homes when the terrifying sound of earth cracking open reverberated across western Afghanistan's Herat province. Nobody knows for ...