Following the collapse of the previous government and severe international sanctions, the country's humanitarian crisis has only deepened.
An elder in Khost, Afghanistan, reacts to the devastation after an earthquake shook the country on June 22, 2022. The district chief, Sultan Mahmood Ghaznavi, said the quake had destroyed about 500 houses in the area.Hundreds were killed in an earthquake in the southeastern region of
On Wednesday evening, the Taliban’s Ministry of Defence confirmed that 90% of earthquake-related search and rescue operations had been finalised. However, additional assessments are taking place Thursday to verify this, and casualties may rise further, OCHA reported. But until that happens, international aid is limited, given the severe sanctions placed on the Taliban government last year after the US-backed Afghan government fell.
“We can’t reach the area, the networks are too weak, we [are] trying to get updates,” Mohammad Ismail Muawiyah, a spokesperson for the top Taliban military commander in Paktika province, told Reuters. “Of course, as the UN we do not have … specific equipment to take people from under the rubble. This has to rely mostly on the efforts of the“We are concerned about not just non-food items and getting people into shelters and providing medical supplies, but also preventing water-borne diseases,” Alakbarov said, adding “and that could be a very, very unwelcome scenario.”
“There is not proper coordination, division of tasks, and clear procedures for responding to such incidents in a timely manner,” Fahim said.
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