One month after a devastating 6.3-magnitude earthquake and multiple powerful aftershocks struck Herat Province in eastern Afghanistan , the humanitarian crisis continues to deepen. While initial rescue operations have ended, a silent but deadly emergency is unfolding: over 212,000 children who survived the disaster are now at grave risk of disease outbreaks due to the widespread destruction of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure, UNICEF warned in its latest update.

The series of quakes, which began in early October 2025, flattened entire villages, killed thousands, and displaced tens of thousands more. Survivors — many of them children — are now struggling to survive amid collapsing health systems, unsafe water sources, and the looming threat of deadly waterborne

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