A look at why the country experiences frequent tremors, and how their impact can be reduced. Read more at straitstimes.com.

KABUL/MAZAR DARA, Afghanistan (Reuters) -Rescuers in Afghanistan will try to reach isolated villages in the eastern region of Kunar, the epicentre of an earthquake that killed over 800 people and ...

In a small village in northern Afghanistan, nestled in barren mountains and cut off from main roads, Arsam points to what is ...

Hemmed in by rugged mountains, Afghanistan is prone to a range of natural disasters, but its earthquakes cause the most fatalities, killing about 560 people on average each year and causing annual ...