UN chief extends condolences to victims of Afghanistan quake, says "will spare no effort" to assist

Kabul [Afghanistan], September 1 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres connected Monday expressed his deepest condolences and pledged that the UN 'will spare nary effort' to assistance Afghanistan aft a almighty earthquake struck the country, leaving hundreds dormant and thousands injured.

'I basal successful afloat solidarity with the radical of Afghanistan aft the devastating earthquake that deed the state earlier today,' Guterres said, arsenic per UN news.

'I widen my deepest condolences to the families of the victims and privation a speedy betterment to those injured. The UN squad successful Afghanistan is mobilised and volition spare nary effort to assistance those successful request successful the affected areas, Guterres further said.

According to the UN news, the tremor, which struck astir midnight section clip successful the eastbound state of Kunar, flattened aggregate villages and caused buildings to shingle arsenic acold arsenic Kabul and Pakistan's capital, Islamabad. The epicentre was reported to beryllium conscionable 8 kilometres underground, intensifying the impact.

More than 800 radical person been confirmed dormant and astir 2,800 injured truthful far, The Washington Post reported. Witnesses fearfulness galore stay trapped nether the rubble, arsenic per Taliban-run authorities.

The UN wellness agency, WHO Afghanistan, said its teams were already deployed. 'We are connected the crushed successful hospitals and wellness facilities, supporting the attraction of the wounded and assessing urgent wellness needs. We are actively delivering indispensable medicines and supplies and deploying wellness teams to affected areas to assistance prevention lives,' the bureau posted connected X.

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The UN exile bureau (UNHCR) warned that the standard of the catastrophe could beryllium catastrophic. 'More than 2,000 radical whitethorn person been injured successful Kunar alone,' spokesperson Babar Baloch told UN News, adding that the trading metropolis of Jalalabad whitethorn person suffered a 'very precocious decease toll.'

He further added, 'This catastrophe acold exceeds the existent capableness of section authorities and communities. Afghans request our enactment and assistance now, earlier it's excessively precocious for galore others,' arsenic per UN news.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi besides expressed grief and offered India's support.

'Deeply saddened by the nonaccomplishment of lives owed to the earthquake successful Afghanistan. Our thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved families successful this hard hour, and we privation a speedy betterment to the injured. India stands acceptable to supply each imaginable humanitarian assistance and alleviation to those affected,' PM Modi said successful a station connected X.

The quake is among the worst to deed Afghanistan successful caller years, coming little than 2 years aft a deadly 6.3-magnitude tremor devastated Herat successful the westbound of the country, affecting tens of thousands of people, UN News reported. (ANI)