Pakistan sent 105 tons of humanitarian aid on Wednesday for Afghanistan of earthquake, according to the Vice Prime Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ishaq Dar.
The earthquake killed a total of 1,469 people and wounded more than 3,700, according to a new number of Taliban authorities, which makes it one of the most mortal in decades to hit the impoverished country, according to AFP.
The vast majority of the victims, more than 1,450, were in the province of Kunar, with a dozen dead and hundreds of damage in the nearby provinces of Nangarhar and Laghman.
“After my phone call with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Muttaqi, the Pakistan government today sent 105 tons of humanitarian aid assistance to Afghanistan,” said a statement from the Vice Prime Minister Ishaq Dar.
Shipping includes “essential foods, medications, tents, blankets and bubble mats”, aimed at supporting those affected by recent earthquakes in the country, the statement added.
“We extend our deepest condolences and prayers for the victims and want a rapid recovery to the injured,” said Vice President Prime Minister Dar.
Pakistan is in solidarity with the fraternal people of Afghanistan at this difficult time, he added.
Relief supplies are sent to Afghanistan through Torkham’s border through 5 trucks with 40 -foot containers. The departure ceremony of the supplies was held in the warehouse of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in Islamabad, PTV news reported.
The ceremony was attended by the special guest, the Minister of State for Religious Affairs and the interreligious harmony Kheal Das Kohistani, together with officials of the NDMA and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
This was the third important earthquake since the Taliban took power in 2021, but there are even less resources for the government response with liquidity problems after the United States reduced assistance to the country when President Donald Trump took office in January.
Even before the earthquake, the United Nations estimated that they had obtained less than a third of the funds required for operations throughout the country.
Days after the earthquake, Afghan survivors still expect help
The rescue teams fought to reach the survivors as the night was approaching after a powerful earthquake in East Afghanistan, since access to remote areas remained obstructed.
Fearful of the almost constant replicas that shook the area, people snuggled outdoors, while others struggled to dig up to those trapped under the lots of flattened buildings.
Access remained difficult, since the aftershocks caused rock fall, hindering access to already isolated villages and keeping families curled outdoors out of the outdoor due to fear of the remains of damaged houses by collapsing in them.
“Everyone is afraid and there are many replicas,” said Awrangzeeb Noori, 35. AFP From the town of Dara-I-Nur in the province of Nangarhar. “We spend all day and night in the field without refuge.”
The non -governmental group Save the Children said that one of their help teams “had to walk for 20 kilometers to reach the villages cut by Rock Falls, transporting medical equipment behind them with the help of members of the community.”
The World Food Program (WFP) shared images of equipment that walk by slopes that carry food help boxes on their shoulders.
Taliban government deputy spokesman said Hamdullah Fitrat AFP Finally, those areas that had taken to reach the days were accessed.
“We cannot determine the date to finish the operation in all areas, since the area is very mountainous and it is very difficult to reach each area.”
More than 12,000 people have been directly affected by the earthquake, according to Actionaid, noting that women and girls were particularly vulnerable in emergencies, since they face restrictions pronounced under the Taliban authorities.
The residents of Jalalabad, the city closest to the epicenter of the earthquake, donated money and goods, such as the blankets that will be delivered to those affected by the earthquake.
“I am a simple worker and I came here to help the victims of the earthquake because I felt very sad for them,” said resident Mohammad Rahman.
“If I could do more, I would help even more, but I helped with what I had.”
Afghanistan Airdrops Commands to rescue survivors
Afghanistan enrolls the commands to get the survivors out of the debris in areas devastated by earthquakes, since an UN agency warned that food aid for victims would end soon without urgent funds.
Dozens of command forces were being accumulated in the places where helicopters cannot land, to help take the wounded to a safer land, in what the help groups said it was a race against the time to rescue the trapped under the rubble.
Time was also exhausted for those who survived the two devastating earthquakes in the remote eastern region of the impoverished country, the UN WRK warned on Wednesday.
John Aylieff, the head of the PMA in Afghanistan, said Reuters That the agency only has enough funds and actions during the next four weeks.
“Four weeks are not enough to meet the basic and essential needs of the population hit by the earthquake, much less put the victims on a way back to rebuild their lives,” said Aylieff.
The financing of the PMA for Afghanistan this year is just under $ 300 million, according to the UN financial data, below $ 1.7 billion in 2022, the first full year in the country was governed by the Taliban.
Resources for rescue and aid work are adjusted in the nation of 42 million people affected by war, poverty and aid reduction. He has received limited global help after disaster.
