Afghanistan quake kills over 800, wounds another 2,800

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On Monday, officials said more than 800 people were killed and at least 2,800 were injured after a magnitude 6.0 earthquake.

The devastation will further enhance the resources of the Taliban administration of the war -torn nation, which is already suffering from the rapid reduction of foreign aid from the deportation of hundreds of thousands of Afghans by neighboring countries.

Kabul Ministry of Health spokesman Sharafat Zaman called for international assistance to deal with the devastation of 6 earthquake around midnight in a depth of 10 km (6 miles).

“We need it because many people here are losing their lives and houses,” he told Reuters.

The earthquake killed 812 people in the eastern provinces of Kanar and Nangarhar, said Zabiaullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the administration.

Zaul Haq Mohammadi, a student at Al -Flala University in the eastern city of Jalalabad, was studying in his room at home when the earthquake was hit. He said he tried to stand but he was knocked down by the power of the earthquake.

“We spent the whole night in fear and anxiety, because at any moment there could be another earthquake.”

Rescue workers were fighting to reach the remote mountainous areas cut off from mobile networks along the Pakistani border, where mid -bark houses that closed the slopes in the earthquake fell.

“The earthquake has been affected by heavy rains in the last 24-48 hours, so the risk of land sliding and rock slides is also important. That is why many roads are unforgivable,” “Human Affairs (Anucha) called the United Nations, an officer in the United Nations office.

Rescue teams and officials are trying to quickly destroy the bodies of the animal to reduce the risk of pollution, Kerry said.

Rescue teams may increase casualties after accessing more isolated locations, officials said.

“All our … teams have been mobilized to accelerate help,” said Ministry of Health spokesman Abdul Hatan Qani, citing security to food and health efforts, so as to provide comprehensive and full support. “

Reuters television images show that helicopters eliminate the victims, while residents helped security forces and physicians take ambulances in a long -standing area of ​​earthquake and floods.

The Defense Ministry said in a statement that military rescue teams helped him all over the region, 40 flights were 420 injured and dead.

Authorities said the earthquake eliminated three villages in Kanar, many others suffered considerable. He added that at least 610 people were killed in Nangarhar with 12 dead.

It was Afghanistan’s third major earthquake since the Taliban took power in 2021 when foreign troops returned, which cut international funds, which formed mostly government financing.

Ambassadors and aid officials say that with the crisis elsewhere in the world, aid workers have been forced to include aid workers, with the disappointment of the donor over Taliban policies about women.

Even humanitarian aid, which aims to ignore political institutions according to urgent needs, has shrunk this year, which is less than $ 3.8 billion in 2022.

Pakistan offers ‘all possible help’

Expressing condolences on the loss of lives, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif said: “The devastating earthquake in eastern Afghanistan caused severe grief, which shook Kabul and felt in different parts of Pakistan.”

“With these information, when hundreds of precious human lives and villages were destroyed, our hearts go to the victims and their families. From the people and government of Pakistan, I increase my heartfelt condolences and prayers with the bereaved families,” the Prime Minister said in a post with the Afghan Prime Minister.

Prime Minister Shahbaz added that Pakistan “is” ready to increase all possible help in this regard “.

Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar increased the condolences.

Dar said last night by the government and the government of Pakistan for the tragic loss of valuable lives due to the devastating earthquake affected by East Afghanistan, I am deeply condoled with the Afghan government and the government. “

He added, “Our hearts are in front of families and communities affected by this disaster. We pray for the rapid recovery of the wounded and the strength of all those affected during this difficult time.”

At the end of the day, FM Dar contacted Afghanistan that FM Aamir Khan Mataki expressed his condolences on the tragic loss of lives, and thousands of people were injured in the earthquake last night in Afghanistan.

The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that they offered prayers for the victims and the bereaved families, endorsed Pakistan’s solidarity with the Afghan people, and assured that the Afghan was ready to expand all possible help.