(Morning News) Afghanistan asked the international community to provide rescue supplies, but the official announced the end of the search and rescue operation in the remote Southeast Mountains just two days after the earthquake.
Afghanistan disaster response to the spokesman of the Ministry of Harcani Harcani said in an interview with Reuters on Friday (June 24) that the earthquake has killed more than 1,000 people so far, and about 2,000 people were injured.Some people are just skin trauma.The earthquake also caused more than 10,000 houses or all of them.
Hakani also said that the search and rescue operation has ended.
From time to time, the media reported that some people who were buried under the ruins for a long time were still breathless when the search and rescue personnel were pulled out.Hakani did not explain why Afghanistan officials stopped the entire search and rescue operation about 48 hours in the earthquake.
In addition, Hakani also mentioned that Afghanistan does not have enough key supplies to treat the wounded.He said: "The Ministry of Health does not have enough drugs, we need medical assistance and other necessities, because this is a big disaster."
Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United Arab Emirates of the United Emirates have planned to send rescue on Thursday on ThursdayTeam to Afghanistan.Rescue materials from Pakistan have been transported to the disaster area through land border.
India, which has tight relations with Afghanistan Taliban, also dispatched two flights to transport 27 tons of materials to Afghanistan through international rescue agencies.
At 1:24 am on June 22, local time (at 4:54 am on the 22nd of Singapore time), a magnitude 5.9 earthquake occurred in eastern Afghanistan near the border area of Pakistan.The capital of Horster City (Khost) is 44 kilometers southwest of the capital, with a depth of 51 kilometers.This is the worst casualties in Afghanistan in the past 20 years.
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