Australia has answered a global call-out from Afghanistan's Taliban regime for help after more than 1400 people died in earthquakes in the country's mountainous east.

The federal government will provide $1 million following the deadly quakes, which struck the Nangarhar and Kunar provinces, this week.

The funds will be directed through the Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund, led by the United Nations Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

"Australia works with established partners such as UN OCHA to ensure our support helps those in need, and not the Taliban regime," Foreign Minister Penny Wong and International Development Minister Anne Aly said in a joint statement on Thursday.

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