India delivers food for earthquake-affected people in Afghanistan

New Delhi [India], November 3 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs connected Monday said that India delivered nutrient items for families affected by the earthquake successful Afghanistan.

Official spokesperson for the MEA, Randhir Jaiswal shared images of assistance sent by India.

'Reaffirming its enactment to the Afghan people, India delivers nutrient items for the families affected by the earthquake. India archetypal responder,' Jaiswal said successful a station connected X.

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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar connected Monday called his Afghanistan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi to convey condolences astatine the nonaccomplishment of lives successful an earthquake that struck Balkh, Samangan and Baghlan provinces of the landlocked nation.

Jaishankar said that the Indian alleviation worldly is being distributed, and supplies of medicines volition scope soon.

In a station connected X, Jaishankar said, 'Called FM Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi of Afghanistan this day to convey condolences astatine the nonaccomplishment of lives successful the earthquake that struck Balkh, Samangan and Baghlan provinces. Indian alleviation worldly for the earthquake impacted communities is being handed implicit today. Further supplies of medicines to scope soon,' helium said.

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The earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck bluish Afghanistan adjacent the metropolis of Mazar-i-Sharif successful the aboriginal hours of Monday astatine astir 2:00 americium IST, sidesplitting astatine slightest 20 radical and injuring implicit 300 others.

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'Discussed advancement successful our bilateral narration since his visit. Welcomed the improving people-to-people contacts betwixt India and Afghanistan. Appreciated the speech of views connected the determination situation,' the EAM added.

Afghanistan's shrine of Mazar-i-Sharif, besides known arsenic The Blue Mosque, was seen damaged aft the 6.3 magnitude earthquake.

The catastrophe adds to the database of deadly quakes to deed the state since the Taliban took powerfulness successful 2021, which has tested the Taliban's capableness to govern arsenic overseas assistance dwindles. Just 2 months ago, an earthquake successful the eastbound killed much than 2,000, arsenic per Al Jazeera. (ANI)