{"id":3492,"date":"2025-12-16T16:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T16:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2025\/12\/16\/afghanistan-earthquake-august-2025-damage-response\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T16:00:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T16:00:16","slug":"afghanistan-earthquake-august-2025-damage-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2025\/12\/16\/afghanistan-earthquake-august-2025-damage-response\/","title":{"rendered":"6.0-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Eastern Afghanistan, Causing Over $86 Million in Damages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 6.0-magnitude earthquake that hit eastern Afghanistan on August 31, 2025, has caused significant economic losses and damage, according to international agencies led by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).<\/p>\n<p>A joint assessment conducted with the UN office in Afghanistan, the European Union, the World Bank, and the Asian Development Bank estimates the total damage and economic loss at approximately $86.8 million USD.<\/p>\n<p>The report further states that at least $128.8 million USD in financial aid is required for reconstruction, infrastructure repair, and addressing the urgent needs of those affected\u2014underscoring the extensive impact in the earthquake-affected areas.<\/p>\n<p>The release of the assessment comes amid complaints from residents in the affected regions about slow relief efforts and a lack of preparedness. Critics argue that despite repeated natural disasters, the Taliban administration has yet to present a clear and transparent plan for crisis management and effective public support in such situations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A powerful 6.0 earthquake hit eastern Afghanistan, causing $86M in damages. UN-led agencies call for $128.8M in aid for recovery efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-security-incidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}