Food assistance for those affected by an earthquake in the east of Afghanistan. The International Migration Organization expands the scale of assistance to Afghanistan Humanitarian assistance After recent earthquakes in the east of Afghanistan, the International Migration Organization (MOM) – the UN structure – expands the scale of assistance. MOM calls to urgently allocate $ 16.8 million to assist 134 thousand victims, many of whom were forced to leave their homes. people need housing, tents, blankets and essential items. The population needs medical care, psychosocial support, as well as access to pure water and hygiene products. Women and girls under the current conditions are at risk, including due to the lack of the ability to retire. “Families have lost everything and are now forced to spend the night in the open air, without shelter, food and clean water,” said Daniels, Deputy General Director of the MOM, 60 > “with the approach of winter, their position will only deteriorate if they are urgently not to provide support,” added He. 60 > Afghanistan has already encountered numerous problems, including the return of more than 1.7 million Afghans from Iran and Pakistan in 2025 and the economic crisis. If the operations in Afghanistan do not allocate the necessary funds, millions of people will be left without support. ~ 60 > earthquake of magnitude 6.0 points, which occurred on August 31, caused significant damage to the country. The second earthquake of magnitude 6.2 points followed on September 4, leading to even greater destruction and causing rockfalls that blocked the key roads. 62 ~ 60 > families have lost everything and are now forced to spend the night under the open sky, without shelter, without shelter Food and pure water according to the MOM and its partners, as of September 9, more than 2100 people died, 3,600 were injured, and almost half a million people were injured. About 7 thousand houses were destroyed. The provinces of Kunar, Nangarhar and some areas of Lagman were most affected. 60 > employees of MOM and partnerships visited more than 80 villages in 10 injured areas. Despite the blocked roads and damaged infrastructure, MOM has already provided emergency assistance to almost 2000 families in Nangarhar and Kunar, and in the near future it will send humanitarian tanks to the distress zone to help almost 3,000 for families. 62 ~ 60 > mobile medical brigades to help more Including those who were injured. Patients in need of further assistance were sent to hospitals, and almost 120 people received psychosocial support. ~ 60 > according to the MOM data, about 3.7 million people live in the injured provinces, including almost 800 thousand internally moved by Afghan migrants, many of which are already living in extremely living in extremely resident difficult conditions. With the onset of winter, constant assistance will be crucial. ~ 60 > MOM calls the donors to immediately allocate funds to strengthen response measures in order to support the Afghans in the upcoming difficult months. 62 ~