According to the latest figures released by the state media on Friday in Afghanistan, the death toll after the severe earthquake has risen to 1,150. The houses made of bricks and stones have been reduced to rubble due to the earthquake, and the death toll is increasing continuously.
With a population of 38 million already facing an economic crisis, millions of children are at risk of severe malnutrition. Meanwhile, a six-magnitude earthquake has snatched the shelters of thousands of people. About 3,000 houses were destroyed or badly damaged in Wednesday's quake, state media reported.
Local aid organizations such as the Red Crescent and the World Food Program are providing food and other emergency needs such as tents and sleeping mats to the most vulnerable families.
Abdul Wahid Rayan, Taliban director of state-run Bakhtar news agency, said Friday that the last report had killed 1,000 people, and the latest report raised the death toll to 1,150. He said at least 1,600 people were injured.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs put the death toll at 770. At least 1,000 houses were damaged by the earthquake in the Gian district. Although 800 houses were damaged in the Spera district of Khost province, although modern buildings were able to withstand the magnitude six earthquake, mud-brick houses and landslide-prone mountains make such earthquakes more dangerous.
Germany, Norway, and several other countries announced that they were sending aid to the quake-affected, but they stressed that they would only work through UN agencies, not the Taliban, which has so far been denied any assistance. not officially recognized by the government.
Trucks carrying food and other essentials reached Afghanistan via Pakistan, and planes carrying humanitarian aid landed in Iran and Qatar. India has said that its aid material will be handed over to a United Nations agency present there and the Afghan Red Crescent Society.
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