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Tremors were felt across Nur Gal, Sawki, Watpur, Manogi and Chapa Dara districts in this mountainous province. Further 4.5 tremors happened in Basawul in the adjacent province of Nangarhar.
Fatalities and injuries are feared to be much higher as the affected districts are in remote and difficult to reach areas. However, helicopters are being utilised to bring injured people to Kunar city.
Islamic Relief has been working in Afghanistan since 1999, providing life-saving humanitarian aid and long-term development support to vulnerable communities affected by conflict, poverty, and natural disasters. Over the years, we have delivered projects across sectors such as food security, health, education, water and sanitation, and livelihoods—empowering families to rebuild their lives with dignity and resilience
Islamic Relief’s FALAH project supports 1,000 of the most vulnerable households in the Ruy Du Ab and Khuram Wa Sarbagh districts of Samangan province, Afghanistan. The initiative focuses on improving food security and household income through sustainable agriculture and livestock support.
Each family receives lactating goats and male goats, providing a steady supply of milk—especially vital for young children—and opportunities for breeding and income generation. As goat herds grow, families can consume or sell surplus animals, helping cover basic needs like food, medicine, and fuel.
To complement this, households are supported in creating kitchen gardens using high-quality seeds, tools, fertilizers, and training in sustainable farming. These gardens not only boost access to nutritious food but also offer potential for selling surplus produce.
Women play a central role in the project. With accessible gardens and training in solar drying techniques, they can preserve vegetables, reduce food waste, and generate income even when fresh produce is scarce.
Through livestock support, home gardening, food preservation, and capacity-building training, the FALAH project empowers communities to become more self-sufficient, resilient, and nutritionally secure.
Afghanistan is currently grappling with influx of returnees coming from both Pakistan and Iran at almost 1.2 million returnees since start of January until 12 July 2025 as a steady increase of returnees from Iran has been noted since June. Following Iran’s March 2025 directive for all undocumented Afghans to leave, returns have surged through Islam Qala (Herat) and Milak (Nimruz). The recent Iran–Israel conflict accelerated daily crossings from 6,000 to nearly 30,000. In June alone, 256,000 Afghans returned with 28,000 on 25 June alone (IOM). The consortium of NGOs led by IOM and UNHCR reported that as of 12th July 2025, 989,077 Afghan returnees have been recorded returning from Iran since the beginning of 2025.
Approximately 99% of returnees are undocumented, with 70% forcibly deported. A growing share includes families, unlike earlier trends dominated by single men. Only 23,000 (8.9%) of the June returnees received IOM assistance (food, shelter, transport, cash, healthcare, psychosocial support).
Currently, 25,000–35,000 people cross daily at Islam Qala. Most stay 24–48 hours before heading to Herat or other provinces, putting immense strain on transit centers and host communities.
Iran has set a 6 July 2025 deadline for all undocumented Afghans to leave, potentially impacting up to 4 million people. Combined with deportations from Pakistan, Afghanistan’s already fragile systems are overwhelmed. The Department of Economy has issued an appeal for urgent international support to address the growing crisis.
Returnees from Iran: IOM/UNHCR, Border Consortium Response: Border Consortium sitrep, Humanitarian Response: Clusters inputs as of June 2025,
Whoever relieves a Muslim of a burden from the burdens of the world, Allah will relieve him of a burden from the burdens on the Day of Judgement.
Prophet Muhammad (SAW) – Tirmidhi
Afghanistan Emergency Appeal
Islamic Relief Afghanistan is supporting 1,000 vulnerable, food-insecure households in the rural agropastoral communities of the Khuram Wa Sarbagh and Ruy Du Ab districts, Samangan province, through agricultural training, inputs, and livestock support to uplift them from poverty and achieve sustainable results.
“The food situation is dire and getting worse by the day. The shops have finally reopened but prices have skyrocketed 10 to 20 per cent in little more than a week. People could barely put food on the table before but now many families are going down to one meal a day, with many women and children not even getting this. “Women often eat last and least anyway in poor families, but when food is scarce women will take less and less food and in some cases will have no food at all. When there is no meal for the mother, then there is even less for the children and this causes long-term health complications. The ongoing uncertainty means that most crucial aid efforts remain frozen even as the needs are growing. If urgent action isn’t taken soon to get food to those in need, we will see a flood of anaemic mothers and severely malnourished children. “We are already seeing people so desperate that they are asking shops to give them leftover leaves from vegetables that they don’t normally sell and picking flowers to make thin soups.”