More than 600 people died and more than 1,500 injured in one of the worst earthquakes in Afghanistan, authorities said Monday, since helicopters transported the injured to the hospital after they were torn from the rubble for the survivors.
The disaster will further stretch the resources of the nation of southern Asia already dealing with humanitarian crises, from a strong fall in aid to a great rejection of its citizens of neighboring countries.
The earthquake of the magnitude 6.0 killed at least 622 people in the eastern provinces of Kunar and Nangarhar, said the Afghan Interior Ministry led by the Taliban, with more than 1,500 wounded houses and numerous destroyed.
“All of our … The teams have mobilized to accelerate assistance, so that comprehensive and total support can be provided,” said the ABDUL MATEN QUENEE Ministry spokesman Reutersciting efforts in areas from safety to food and health.
In Kabul, the capital, the health authorities said rescuers were running to reach remote villages that splashed an area with a long history of earthquakes and floods.
Meanwhile, the Afghanistan government Bakhtar news agency They reported that officials of the Disaster Management Department cited in Kunar that “the most affected districts severely include Noor Gul, Chawkay, Watapur, Gai Mano and Chapa Dara.”
Three villages were razed in the province of Kunar, with substantial damage in many others, the Ministry of Health said previously.
Images of Reuters television They showed helicopters transmitting to those affected, while residents helped soldiers and doctors take the injured to ambulances.
Rescuers were struggling to find survivors in the area that borders Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where mud and stone houses were level by the midnight earthquake that hit a depth of 10 kilometers.
Military rescue teams moved in the two affected provinces, said the Ministry of Defense in a statement, added that 40 flights had carried out 420 injured and dead.
“Until now, no foreign government has communicated to provide support for rescue or relief jobs,” said a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Afghanistan is prone to mortal earthquakes, particularly in the Hindu Kush mountain range, where Indian and Euratic tectonic plates are found.
A series of earthquakes in their west killed more than 1,000 people last year, which underlines the vulnerability of one of the poorest countries in the world for natural disasters.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif extended condolences about the loss of lives in the recent earthquake.
“Deeply saddened by the devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, which shook Kabul and also felt in several parts of Pakistan, including Islamabad. With reports that confirm hundreds of beautiful human lives lost and destroyed peoples, our hearts come out to victims and their families. In families.” Said people and the government of Pakistan, I, my hearts, with the hearts of hearts to the berios to which they know each other, “the families said,” families said, “the families said,” families said, “families said,” families said, “they said to families,” they told the families. ” To the families, “families told families,” families said, “families said,” they told families, “I said families,” they told families, “. X.
He added: “We sympathize with our Afghan brothers and sisters in this hour of pain, and we are ready to extend all possible support in this regard.”
After previous victims reports, the Minister of Planning, Ahsan Iqbal, said he was “extremely sad because of the tragic loss of more than 300 lives and the many injuries.”
“My deepest condolences are with the families that have lost their loved ones and sincere prayers for the total and rapid recovery of the injured. This immense sadness is felt by all of us,” he said in X.
