Over 35 metric tonnes of WHO medical supplies arrive in Kabul to support earthquake survivors in eastern Afghanistan
8 September 2025, Kabul, Afghanistan – A new consignment of more than 35 metric tonnes of life-saving medical supplies landed in Kabul today, to enhance the World Health Organization’s (WHO) emergency response to the devastating 6.0 magnitude earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan on 31 August. With this shipment, WHO has now prepositioned and delivered nearly 80 metric tonnes of emergency health supplies to the country since the disaster.
The newly arrived cargo, mobilized through WHO’s logistics hub in Dubai, includes trauma and emergency surgery kits, primary health care kits, noncommunicable disease kits and essential medicines. These supplies will be dispatched to health facilities and mobile health teams in the hardest-hit areas, following the ongoing needs assessments. This will enable doctors and nurses to provide urgent treatment, perform emergency surgeries and help prevent the spread of disease.
The earthquake left a path of destruction across Kunar, Nangarhar and Laghman provinces, killing more than 2200 people, injuring 3600, and destroying almost 6800 homes. Tens of thousands of families remain displaced, while 20 health facilities have been damaged and referral hospitals continue to struggle with hundreds of trauma patients.
