Aid to Afghanistan will drop sharply as donor countries seek to challenge curbs on female aid workers imposed by the Taliban administration and try to cope with an increase in crises around the world, reports say.

US officials reported the killing late Tuesday, saying the plotter was from Islamic State-Khorasan, the Afghan arm of the jihadist group.

The comments at a regional summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan come after a decision by the conservative Taliban authorities to bar women from working for the United Nations sparked international outrage.

Ultimately, the White House report suggested, the long-term failure of the war, including the Taliban's surprising resilience and the weakness of government forces, meant the ending was never going to go well.

Taliban officials have closed girls' highschools, barred their access to universities and stopped most women from working at non-governmental organisations.

The USGS said the quake was centred near Jurm in northeastern Afghanistan and had a depth of 187km.

The killing of Mohammad Dawood Muzammil marks one of the highest-level attacks since the Taliban stormed back to power in 2021.

The university ban is one of several restrictions imposed on women since the Taliban stormed back to power in August 2021, and has sparked global outrage.

Afghanistan's economy has struggled and aid agencies are warning of a severe humanitarian crisis since the Taliban took over in 2021 as foreign troops withdrew after 20 years of war.

Ustad Fareedun, an official at the Taliban-run information ministry, says the bomber planned to enter the foreign ministry but failed.

Doctors and aid workers say thousands of children are being admitted to hospital with pneumonia and other respiratory diseases caused by the cold and malnutrition.

The order threatens to suspend the operating licences of NGOs that failed to implement the directive.