Kunar, one of Afghanistan’s most impoverished provinces bordering Pakistan, was struck by a devastating earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 on Sunday, August 31, just before midnight. The tremor tore through the mountainous region’s dense forests and fragile mud-stone homes, leaving behind a staggering loss of human lives: the UN reports that at least 2,200 people died, with more than 4,000 injured and over 8,000 homes reduced to rubble. The Taliban’s deputy spokesman, Hamdullah Fitrat, ...
