UN urgently appeals for $110 mn for Afghanistan quake victims
Geneva (AFP) June 28, 2022
The United Nations said Tuesday it had launched an emergency appeal to help hundreds of thousands of people in areas of Afghanistan ravaged by last week's deadly earthquake. The 5.9-magnitude quake last Wednesday hit hardest in impoverished Paktika province in the east, killing more than 1,000 people and leaving tens of thousands homeless. The UN humanitarian agency said that it and its