United Nations Children’s FundUNICEF) expressed concern over the possibility that the lives of “thousands of children” in Afghanistan are now in danger following Wednesday’s massive earthquake, which has already killed more than a thousand people.
An earthquake shook the Afghan province of Yost (east), near the border with Pakistan. International organizations such as the European Union have already said they will offer help to the Asian nation after the incident.
UNICEF He also joined these messages and expressed “sincere condolences” to the families of the victims, wishing a speedy recovery to the injured. In addition, at the request of the Taliban authorities, other law enforcement agencies United Nations They are now assessing the situation to respond to the needs of affected citizens.
Specific, UNICEF sent several mobile medical and dietary teams to provide first aid to the wounded, as well as to distribute emergency supplies, including cooking kits, hygiene items, warm clothing and tents.
Afghan authorities have raised the death toll from the earthquake in the country’s east to at least 1,000 as the search continues for survivors of the worst disaster since the Taliban came to power.
“The balance has reached a thousand deaths, and this figure is increasing. People are digging grave after grave,” Mohamad Amin Khuzhayfa, head of the Paktika Provincial Information and Cultural Service, said in a press release, AFP reported.
According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake was recorded on Tuesday evening about 46 kilometers from Khost, the capital of the province of the same name.
Earthquake in Afghanistan destroys almost 2,000 houses
The Afghan quake has destroyed about 2,000 homes, the UN estimates, and a shortage of equipment is making it difficult to find survivors, a UN official said Wednesday.
“We believe that about 2,000 houses were destroyed,” Ramiz Alekperov, UN humanitarian coordinator for Afghanistan, told reporters from Kabul.
On Wednesday, an earthquake hit a remote border region of eastern Afghanistan, killing at least 1,000 people, though the death toll is expected to rise.
(According to Europa Press and AFP)
Source: RPP
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