Afghanistan earthquake: Death toll crosses 1400, rescue operations underway

Kabul [Afghanistan], September 2 (ANI): The decease toll from the almighty earthquake that struck eastbound Afghanistan connected Sunday nighttime has risen to 1,411, officials said, according to Al Jazeera.

Rescue efforts are ongoing arsenic teams hunt for survivors pursuing the magnitude 6.0 quake, which has near implicit 3,000 radical injured, with the bulk of casualties reported successful Kunar province.

Aid workers are facing large challenges successful reaching remote, mountainous areas that person been chopped disconnected from roads and mobile networks.

In effect to the disaster, India has extended urgent humanitarian assistance to enactment alleviation operations successful the affected region. In a station connected X connected Monday, the Ministry of External Affairs stated that, 'India extends humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan successful the aftermath of the earthquake.' The station featured images of trucks loaded with sacks of atom and different nutrient supplies, symbolising India's committedness to basal by Afghanistan during this captious time.

The earthquake struck aboriginal Monday greeting with a magnitude of 6.3 connected the Richter scale, and tremors were felt crossed the region, including parts of Pakistan, according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS). A bid of aftershocks, ranging successful magnitude from 4 to 5, followed the archetypal quake.

According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), the earthquake's epicentre was successful the Kama territory of Nangarhar Province, adjacent the Pakistan border. Preliminary reports bespeak that astatine slightest 800 radical person been killed crossed 4 provinces, Kunar, Laghman, Nangarhar, and Nuristan--while astir 12,000 radical person been straight affected.

Earlier, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar spoke with Afghan Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi to convey India's condolences implicit the tragic nonaccomplishment of lives. He besides confirmed that India has already dispatched alleviation materials, including 1,000 household tents to Kabul and 15 tonnes of nutrient supplies being moved from Kabul to Kunar by the Indian mission.

'Spoke with Afghan Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi today. Expressed our condolences astatine the nonaccomplishment of lives successful the earthquake. Conveyed that India has delivered 1,000 household tents contiguous successful Kabul. 15 tonnes of nutrient worldly is besides being instantly moved by Indian Mission from Kabul to Kunar. Further alleviation worldly volition beryllium sent from India starting tomorrow. Wish aboriginal betterment of those injured. India stands by Afghanistan astatine this hard time,' Jaishankar stated successful a station connected X. (ANI)