▲ This Reuters photo captures a damaged house in the province of Kunar in Afghanistan on Sept. 2, 2025, after a deadly earthquake struck the South Asian country early this week. (Yonhap)

S Korea-Afghanistan aid

S. Korea to provide US$1 million to earthquake-hit Afghanistan

SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will provide US$1 million to help with relief efforts in earthquake-hit Afghanistan, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.

The assistance, to be delivered through the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, comes as Afghanistan reels from a deadly earthquake that struck its eastern regions of Kunar and Nangarhar early this week.

"We hope that the aid will help the affected areas recover and enable residents to return to their daily lives as quickly as possible," the ministry said in a release.

The magnitude 6 earthquake has left around 1,400 people killed and injured more than 3,000, destroying more than 5,000 houses in the areas, according to local reports.

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