Masoud Popalzai @MasoudPopalzai

CNN Journalist for Afghanistan. MA Disaster & Emergency Management (@yorkuniversity). Views are mine, not CNN's. RTs are not endorsements. cnn.com Kabul, Toronto Joined December 2010

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Masoud Popalzai @MasoudPopalzai

a day ago

UPDATE: Kunar earthquake: Dead: 2,205 Injured: 3,640 @AfghanistanNDMA

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4 days ago

Rescuers scramble to reach victims after hundreds killed as earthquake rocks eastern Afghanistan cnn.com/2025/08/31/asi…

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5 days ago

Strong #earthquake jolted Kabul at around 12am local time.

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a month ago

For the first time in modern history a capital city is on the verge of running dry #kabulwatercrisis #kabul #Afghanistan amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/07/19…

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2 months ago

Iran expels half a million Afghans in 16-day stretch since recent conflict with Israel, UN says cnn.com/2025/07/11/wor…

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Masoud Popalzai @MasoudPopalzai

a year ago

Lead poisoning: Why Afghans are slowly being poisoned by their evening meal Afghanistan has one of world’s highest rates of lead exposure and a mounting body of evidence suggests cookware could be to blame telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

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a year ago

Kabul airport attack exclusive: New evidence challenges the Pentagon’s official account of a horrific incident as the US withdrew from Afghanistan | CNN cnn.com/2024/04/24/wor…

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Masoud Popalzai @MasoudPopalzai

2 years ago

Congratulations #Afghanistan. #cwc2023 #AfgvsPak

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2 years ago

USGS | M 6.3 - 28 km NNW of Herāt, Afghanistan earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ev…

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2 years ago

Powerful earthquakes strike western Afghanistan, death toll roses to more than 2,000 cnn.com/2023/10/07/wor…

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2 years ago

Today’s earthquake has killed at least 100 people and injured 500 others in Zinda Jan district of #Herat province. 465 houses destroyed, 135 damaged, and 4,200 people have been affected to date, according to @OCHAAfg . #AfghanistanEarthquake

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2 years ago

Displaced Afghan students face uncertain future as they await approval to come to US cnn.com/2023/08/04/pol…

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2 years ago

Afghans in Pakistan say US help is so slow they're being sent back to the Taliban they fled | CNN ⁦@npwcnn⁩ ⁦@MasoudPopalzai⁩ cnn.com/2023/07/28/asi…

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CricTracker @Cricketracker

2 years ago

Rashid Khan became the bowler with the most ever hat-tricks in T20 cricket(4). He now has a hat-trick in T20Is, Big Bash League, Caribbean Premier League, and the IPL. #CricTracker #IPL2023 #RashidKhan

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2 years ago

Afghanistan-Pakistan: Powerful earthquake kills at least 13 people - CNN cnn.com/2023/03/21/asi…

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3 years ago

At least 118 people have been killed and hundreds of others injured in Turkey and Syria after a powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit southern Turkey early Monday. cnn.it/3juqj4m

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3 years ago

Magnitude 7.8 earthquake hits Turkey | CNN cnn.com/2023/02/05/eur…

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OCHA Afghanistan @OCHAAfg

3 years ago

Bitterly cold weather in #Afghanistan has reportedly killed thousands of livestock across the eastern, western and northern regions. Lost livelihoods & assets further endanger Afghan families at a time when 21.2 mil ppl urgently need continued food & agricultural support.