Sep 1, 2025 - World

Scenes from Afghanistan in wake of deadly 6.0-magnitude earthquake

Rebecca Falconer

Afghan men help an injured man as they walk past a house that's been reduced to rubble in an earthquake. — Afghan men help an injured man as they walk past a damaged house following the earthquake and aftershocks in the Mazar Dara village of Nurgal, a district of the Kunar province, in eastern Afghanistan, on Sept. 1. Photo: Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images

People in Afghanistan were searching into Monday night for survivors following a 6.0-magnitude earthquake that killed more than 800 people and wounded nearly 2,800 others a day earlier.

The big picture: Aid groups and the Taliban have called for urgent assistance in the country, which has faced a humanitarian crisis since the 2021 Taliban takeover that saw the withdrawal of U.S. troops.

An injured Afghan boy with a bandage on his head and left hand receiving treatment at a hospital as three men in traditional Afghan dress look on. — An injured Afghan boy receives treatment at a hospital in Jalalabad, near the quake's epicenter, on Sept. 1. Photo: Aimal Zahir/AFP via Getty Images

Men and women in traditional Afghan and Muslim dress step over rubble as they walk in single file. — The scene on Sept. 1 in Nurgal. Most of the quake deaths have occurred in the Kunar province. Photo: Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images

Men in traditional Afghan dress carry people on stretchers near a military helicopter beside a hill. — Afghan volunteers and Taliban security personnel work to move injured people near a military helicopter near Nurgal on Sept. 1. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on X the UN has mobilized "and will spare no effort to assist those in need in the affected areas." Photo: Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images

A man in traditional Afghan dress walks past a damaged house that's been reduced to rubble by an earthquake. Some houses are still standing to the right of it and a hill and vegetation can be seen behind it. — A man walks past a damaged house following earthquakes in the Mazar Dara village on Sept. 1. The quake "shook buildings" as far away as Pakistan's capital Islamabad, the Pakistani outlet Dawn reports. Photo: Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images

An Afghan military member carries an elderly earthquake victim in traditional dress of a green head scarf and floral dress. — An Afghan military member carries an earthquake victim evacuated by a helicopter from the Nurgal district to Jalalabad for medical assistance in Jalalabad on Sept. 1. The Taliban has warned the death toll could rise amid fears many people are still trapped in rubble. Photo: Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images

Men in traditional Afghan dress dig graves in the grass. — Volunteers dig graves in Nurgal on Sept. 1 following the quake. "The time window of survival is rapidly reducing, and we need to be there as soon as possible," Joy Singhal of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies told Al Jazeera from Kabul. Photo: Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images

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Editor's note: This article has been updated with more photos and details on the situation in Afghanistan.

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