The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that one month after the devastating earthquakes in eastern Afghanistan, more than 212,000 surviving children are at serious risk of contracting diseases caused by a lack of clean water and proper sanitation.

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has expressed concern over the rising civilian casualties in border clashes between the Taliban and the Pakistani army, welcoming the ceasefire announced between the two sides and calling for an immediate end to the violence.

Following escalating tensions between the Taliban and the Pakistani army, heavy border clashes between the two sides broke out early Wednesday morning (October 15) in Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province, resulting in numerous casualties on both sides.

Local sources in Kapisa province say that a Taliban commander ran over a woman with a motorcycle, and she later died in the hospital.