Search for survivors after Afghan earthquake kills 800

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Rescue workers on Tuesday searched for survivors in the rubble of houses, which invaded eastern Afghanistan, killing more than 800 people.

After at least five aftershocks in the mountainous provinces near the border with Pakistan on Sunday night, a 6.0 magnitude earthquake, at least five aftershocks targeted remote areas.

“The operation continued overnight,” said Ahsanullah Ehsan, head of the Kanar Provincial Disaster Management Authority.

He said that the need for evacuation in hospitals “is still left in remote villages”.

Villagers joined the rescue efforts, and cleaned the rubble of plain mud and stone houses built in steep valleys using their bare hands.

The 26 -year -old Obaidullah Stepman, who traveled to Wadir village to search for his friend, was overwhelmed by the level of destruction.

He told AFP, “I’m looking for here, but I didn’t see it. It was very difficult for me to see the situation here.”

“Just left in debris.”

The deceased, including children, were wrapped in white kufns who prayed on their body before buried.

The United Nations Transfer Agency told AFP that some of the most difficult agriculture due to block roads are inaccessible.

According to the USGS, the epicenter was about 277 km (17 miles) from Jalalabad, which said it had attacked so much eight kilometers below the ground level.

After decades of conflict, Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries in the world, which has long been facing humanitarian crisis, and in recent years, the arrival of millions of Afghans through neighboring countries has been forced to return to the country.

Since the Taliban seized power in 2021, foreign aid has been reduced to the country, which has already damaged hamstring capability to respond to the disasters of the poor nation.

After President Donald Trump took office, the United States was the largest relief donor until early 2025, when everyone was canceled except for a small amount of funds.

In June, the United Nations said it was rapidly scaling its global humanitarian aid projects because of “deepening deepening of deep funding so far.”

On Monday, UN Secretary -General Antonio Guterres said in a statement that he was working with officials to “rapidly review the needs, provide emergency assistance and be ready to mobilize additional assistance”, and announced the initial Million 5 million.

Attrays suffer more than earthquake

In a temporary toll, Taliban authorities reported 800 dead and 2,500 injured in Kunar Province and reported 12 dead and 255 injured in Nangara.

According to government spokesman Zabiyaullah Mujahid, dozens were also injured.

The relatively shall shallow earthquake can cause more damage, especially since the majority of Afghans are at a height, mud bricks are at risk of falling.

There were many people living in the earthquake -hit villages who have returned to Iran and Pakistan in recent years.

“The agricultural department in Noorgal, the components, told AFP on Monday,” There is a lot of fear and tension … children and women were screaming. We never had such an experience in our lives. “

In a Vatican -shared post, Pope Liu XIV said he was “very sad” due to the significant loss of life caused by the earthquake.

Afghanistan suffers an earthquake, especially in the Hindu Kush mountain range, near the confluence of Eurasia and India Tectonic Plates.

In October 2023, the western Herat province was destroyed by a magnitude 6.3 earthquake, killing more than 1,500 people and damaging or destroying more than 63,000 homes.

In June 2022, a 5.9 magnitude earthquake in the eastern Paktika province killed more than a thousand people and left tens of thousands homeless.