2023-10-08 08:43:30
At least 2,000 people have died this weekend in a chain of earthquakes that, this Saturday morning, shook thewestern Afghanistannear the city ofHeratnot far from the border withIran. The earthquake of greater magnitude came to be of 6.3 on the Richter scaleand was followed by some more of at least five points on this measurement scale.
“We count 2,053 dead people, i 9,240 injuriesin addition to 1.320 cases that have been damaged or completely destroyed”, he said this Sunday morning Janan Sayeeqhe Taliban Minister of Disasters.
As Sayeeq explained in a press conference in Herat, they have been sent to the most affected area only 10 rescue teams: Afghanistan, isolated from the world after the Taliban victory in August 2021rep international aid with dropper
For years, the country has been living in one humanitarian and food crisis of a monstrous size: seconds the United Nationsmore than 90% of the country’s population lives below the poverty line.
50%, moreover, is under risk of starvation, and is completely dependent on the little humanitarian aid that reaches the country. This crisis became even deeper with the conquest of the Taliban From the capital, Kabuland the fall of the former Afghan government, as its most significant source of income was international aid.
“It’s hopeless to see devastation and misery caused by the Herat earthquake”, said this Saturday the reporter especial of the UN for Afghanistan, Richard Bennet: “My deepest condolences to the families who have lost their loved ones, and I hope that those still missing can be found. I wish all my strength to the wounded and to the rescue teams and humanitarian aid destined for the area”, continued Bennet, who explained that members of theUnicef and the UN agency for humanitarian assistance have been sent to the region.
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Afghanistan, a country of great mountains, is one of the regions in the world with more seismic activity, and large earthquakes are common in the country, especially in the western Afghan areas. This Saturday’s, however, is the deadliest in two decades.
Last year, however, the region of Paktikaon the border with Pakistanexperienced another great earthquake, which reached a magnitude of 6.1 on the Richter scale and ended the life of at least 1,030 people: THE three decades of continuous war in the country, in addition to the lack of infrastructure and emergency servicesgreatly hamper rescue efforts and the arrival of aid in many rural Afghan regions, which after an earthquake are cut off from the world.
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