Taliban appeal for more aid after deadly Afghanistan earthquake

KABUL: Important medical supplies achieved hospitals on Sunday (Jun 25) within the remote area of Afghanistan hit by a good earthquake that killed more than 1, 000 people this week, because the country’s Taliban federal government appealed for more worldwide aid.

Authorities have called off the search for survivors in the mountainous southeastern region near the Pakistaner border following’s Wednesday’s 6. 1-magnitude quake, which also injured about 2, 000 people and broken or destroyed 10, 000 homes.

Aftershocks on Friday killed at least 5 more people in the area some 16 kilometres southeast of the capital, Kabul, and medical staff said rudimentary healthcare facilities had been hampering their initiatives to help the wounded.

“Those hurt that were in a bad condition and required operations, (which) all of us can’t do here, have been sent to Kabul, ” said Abrar, who goes by 1 name, the supervisor of a hospital in Paktika, the worst-affected province.

The disaster is a main test for Afghanistan’s hardline Taliban rulers, who have been shunned by many foreign governments since they seized control of the nation last year due to issues about human rights.

Afghanistan has been cut off from much direct international support because of Western sanctions, deepening a humanitarian education crisis in swathes of the country could this week’s earthquake.

The Un and several other countries have rushed help to the affected places, with more due to arrive over the coming times, and the Taliban become a huge hit on Saturday for even more aid shipments to help quake victims.

“We call on every humanitarian organisations to help the people, ” said Mohammad Amen Hozifa, a spokesperson for your Paktika provincial government.

China’s International Ministry said upon Saturday the nation gives humanitarian aid worth 50 million yuan (US$7. 5 million) to Afghanistan including tents, towels, bedrooms and other materials to assist those affected by the particular earthquake.

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