Countries send aid to Afghanistan earthquake victims

Kabul [Afghanistan], September 6 (ANI): The planetary assemblage is coming unneurotic to enactment Afghanistan aft a devastating earthquake struck its eastbound provinces, Tolo News reported.

Several countries, including Russia, China, Japan, Turkmenistan, and Bangladesh, person provided currency and non-cash assistance to the Islamic Emirate to enactment those affected by the disaster.

Russia has delivered 20 tons of nutrient items, Japan 7 tons of non-food items, the European Union 130 tons of humanitarian aid, and China has transferred 200,000 USD successful assistance to Kabul.

'This humanitarian assistance is intended for the victims of the terrible earthquake that occurred a fewer days agone successful eastbound Afghanistan,' Dmitry Zhirnov, Russia's ambassador successful Kabul, said.

Bazdiryev Tikhon, Deputy of International Relations astatine Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations, said that the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations delivered 20 tons of humanitarian nutrient aid, arsenic per Tolo News.

'On the orders of the President of the Russian Federation, an Ilyushin-76 craft of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations delivered 20 tons of humanitarian nutrient assistance for the earthquake-affected radical of Afghanistan. This shipment includes prepared nutrient items, sunflower oil, and flour,' helium said.

Nooruddin Turabi, caput of the National Disaster Management Authority, confirmed that the assistance volition beryllium handed implicit straight to these committees with receipts for confirmation, ensuring transparency and accountability successful the organisation process.

'We person formed committees successful Kunar, Nangarhar, and Laghman, and the assistance volition beryllium handed implicit straight to these committees with receipts for confirmation,' helium said.

According to Tolo News, China's embassy successful Kabul handed implicit USD 200,000 successful humanitarian aid, provided by the Red Cross Society of China for earthquake victims successful eastbound Afghanistan, to the caput of the Afghan Red Crescent Society.

Further, China has pledged an further 50 cardinal yuan, equivalent to implicit USD 7 million, successful assistance to enactment the earthquake victims.

Bao Xuhui added that China volition besides supply an further 50 cardinal yuan, equivalent to implicit USD 7 million, successful assistance for the earthquake victims successful eastbound Afghanistan.

Japan's ambassador successful Kabul besides handed implicit his country's humanitarian assistance for the caller earthquake victims successful eastbound Afghanistan to the Afghan Red Crescent Society and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

The assistance includes non-food items, specified arsenic tents and blankets, which volition beryllium distributed to 250 families.

On Friday, an earthquake of magnitude 5.0 struck Afghanistan, arsenic reported by the National Centre for Seismology (NCS).

As per the NCS, the earthquake occured astatine 10:55 PM (Indian Standard Time) astatine a extent of 10 kilometres.

It was recorded 110 kilometres eastbound of Kabul.

Earlier successful the day, 3 earthquakes occurred successful the region.

Rescuers person recovered hundreds of bodies from mountainous areas of southeastern Afghanistan, which was deed by a large earthquake astatine the weekend, taking the decease toll to much than 2,200, according to a Taliban authorities spokesperson, arsenic per Al Jazeera. (ANI)