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More than 800 people killed, 2500 injured after Magnitude-6.0 earthquake in Afghanistan
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More than 800 people killed, 2500 injured after Magnitude-6.0 earthquake in Afghanistan

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One of the worst earthquakes of Afghanistan killed more than 800 people and was injured at least 2,800, the authorities said, while helicopters led the wounded to the hospital after they were picked from the rubble of houses that were combed for survivors.
The disaster has been set to further extend the resources of the Taliban government of the nation torn by war, which is already struggling with humanitarian crises, from a sharp decrease in aid to the pushback of hundreds of thousands of Afghans.
Sharafat Zaman, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Health in Kabul, called for international aid to tackle the destruction of the earthquake of Magnitude 6 that struck around midnight, at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
“We need it because many people have lost their lives and houses here,” he said.

The earthquake killed 812 people in the eastern provinces Kunar and Nangarhar, said spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.

The epicenter of the earthquake was 27 km away from Jalalabad, the fifth largest city in Afghanistan in the province of Oost-Nangarhar. Credit: SBS

Rescuers fought to reach on remote mountainous areas that are cut off from mobile networks along the Pakistani border, where Modderbrick -Huizen studied the slopes in the earthquake.

“All our … teams are mobilized to speed up help, so that comprehensive and complete support can be offered,” said spokesperson Abdul Maten Qanee, who called efforts in the field of safety to food and health.
Reuters television images showed helicopters that carried out the affected, while residents helped security forces and doctors wear the wounded for ambulances in an area with a long history of earthquakes and floods.
Military Rescue Teams blew over the region, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement, with 40 flights that carry out 420 wounded and death.

The earthquake destroyed three villages in Kunar, with substantial damage to many others, the authorities said. At least 610 people were killed in Kunar with 12 dead in Nangarhar, they added.

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Ambulances are waiting to receive victims of the earthquake at Nangarhar airport. Source: AP / Nangarhar Media Center

It was the third major fatal earthquake by Afghanistan since the Taliban took over in 2021 when the foreign forces withdrew, as a result of which international financing was activated that formed the majority of public finances.

Even humanitarian aid, aimed at circumventing political institutions to provide for urgent needs, has shrunk to $ 767 million this year, compared to $ 3.8 billion in 2022.

An earthquake of 6.1 magnitude that killed 1,000 people in the eastern region that year was the first major natural disaster that the Taliban government was confronted with.

Call for financing

Humanitarian authorities say they are fighting a forgotten crisis in Afghanistan, where the United Nations estimates that more than half of the population urgently needs humanitarian aid.
Diplomats and auxiliary officials say that crises elsewhere in the world, together with donor frustration about the policy of the Taliban against women, including curbs of those who are care providers, have stimulated the cuts in the financing.

“Until now, no foreign governments have contacted to offer support for rescue or auxiliary work,” said a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan.

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Civil defense workers, locals and army soldiers have evacuated injured victims of the earthquake. Source: AP / Hedayat Shah

China was ready to offer help with disasters “according to the needs of Afghanistan and within his capacity,” said a spokesperson for his Ministry of Foreign Affairs later.

In a position on X, Secretary -General Antonio Guterres of the UN said that his mission in Afghanistan was preparing to help those in areas destroyed by the earthquake.
Humanitarian officials and the local population say that almost two years after a powerful tremor has hit the western city of Herat, many villages still recover and live in temporary structures.
Afghanistan is susceptible to deadly earthquakes, especially in the Hindu Kush -Berg chain, where the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates meet.

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