Rescue efforts continue in Afghanistan after earthquake kills hundreds
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 September 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Survivors of a devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan have been spending the night in the open, as rescue efforts continue. The Taliban authorities say more than 800 people were killed and thousands injured when a magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit eastern Afghanistan on Sunday night. Dozens of helicopters have been used to lift the injured out of the worst affected areas in Kunar and Nangarhar provinces. The Taliban have called for international aid to help with the devastation wrought by the earthquake. Also: EU chief von der Leyen's plane hit by suspected Russian GPS jamming, and Anguilla - the Caribbean island making millions from the AI boom.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:04.5 | I'm Jonat Jalil and in the early hours of Tuesday the 2nd of September, these are our main stories. |
| 0:10.8 | Rescue efforts are continuing in Afghanistan's mountainous eastern region after an earthquake killed hundreds of people. |
| 0:18.3 | The EU blames Russia for sabotaging the navigation system of a plane |
| 0:22.3 | carrying the head of the European Commission. Israel is again accused of genocide, this time |
| 0:28.2 | by a group of the world's leading experts on the subject. Also in this podcast, the video shows |
| 0:36.0 | the tennis player offering his cap to the child |
| 0:38.9 | before Piotr-Scherich appears to take it. |
| 0:45.9 | A man filmed snatching a tennis player's cap from a boy at the US Open |
| 0:49.9 | apologises after a huge online backlash. |
| 0:58.4 | Okay. apologises after a huge online backlash. Rescuers are struggling to reach villages in the remote mountains of eastern Afghanistan, |
| 1:03.9 | where an earthquake has killed more than 800 people. |
| 1:08.2 | A Taliban official described the scale of the destruction as unimaginable. |
| 1:13.1 | The earthquake, which had a magnitude of six, struck on Sunday night, shaking buildings |
| 1:18.0 | as far away as Pakistan's capital, Islamabad. Kuna and Nangahar provinces were the worst affected. |
| 1:25.5 | We heard from this eyewitness in Kunah. |
| 1:28.4 | This is Sayyahim from Afghanistan province Kunir. I saw some injuries and dead body. A lot of horses are |
| 1:36.6 | destroyed. I prepared my emergency teams for responding, for the treatment, for the helping of the people. |
| 1:44.7 | They are very afraid and they are destroyed. |
| 1:48.4 | And they lose the parents, the children, the wives. |
| 1:53.7 | Dr. Rafi Ulla works for a hospital in Asadabad in Kunah. |
| 2:01.6 | Our area isn't badly damaged and my family is safe, but our little hospital has been receiving |
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