The death toll from a major earthquake in Afghanistan this week has jumped to more than 2,200, just as another magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit the southeastern region of the country on Thursday night. The shallow, magnitude-6.0 quake struck the mountainous and remote eastern part of the country around midnight on Sunday, levelling entire villages where residents were asleep and trapping people under rubble. Fears rose after another earthquake, this time with a 6.2 magnitude, struck southeastern Afghanistan on Thursday night, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences. Rescue and relief efforts have also been impacted by a lack of international aid funding and resources flowing into the country. The Norwegian Refugee Council said it had fewer than 450 staff in Afghanistan, whereas it had 1,100 in 2023 when the last major quake struck the country.