June 22, 2022 Afghanistan Earthquake News

US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said, "I didn't know the U.S. government's request for help from the Taliban." Stated.

Price predicted that the response to the earthquake would "become a topic of conversation between US and Taliban officials in the next few days," but such a conversation He said he was unaware that it was still happening.

Prices have repeatedly contacted the United States with humanitarian partners.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has issued a statement of sympathy to those affected by the deadly earthquake in Afghanistan. did.

"People in Afghanistan are experiencing extraordinary hardship, and this natural disaster has already exacerbated a dire humanitarian situation," Blinken said in a statement. "US humanitarian partners are already responding, such as sending medical teams to help affected people, and are evaluating other response options," he said.

State Department spokesman Ned Price has killed more than 1,000 people to see if any U.S. citizens have been affected by a catastrophic earthquake that they knew nothing about at this time. He said he was working on.

Afghanistan Islamic Emirate has 100 million Afghanistan ($ 1,123,595.50) victims of the earthquake Allocated emergency funds. According to Afghanistan's national news agency Bakhtar. 

Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhand said in Paktika, Khost, and other states affected by the earthquake, "to urgently address the family situation on Tuesday night 1 Dedicated 100 million Afghanis. " 

Afghanistan was hit by the deadliest earthquake of decades when a magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck the eastern part of the country, killing more than 1,000 people on Wednesday local time. rice field.

During search and rescue operations and emergency relief measures, heavy rains and winds are reported to be "unable to land this afternoon." Helicopter activity is hampered. ”According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) in Afghanistan, in a state devastated by the Afghanistan earthquake.

According to a UNOCHA statement, despite environmental factors, a humanitarian agency under the guidance of the Department of Defense has sent "a team of eight ambulances and doctors" to Pactica. 

This statement also includes the following details:

Humanitarian agencies provide emergency assistance and have so far deployed “14 mobile health teams in Paktika and 4 mobile health teams in the host state”.

The United Nations Humanitarian Affairs Office emphasizes the need for emergency trauma treatment and shelter, among other food and non-food products.

According to the World Health Organization, the death toll from the Afghanistan earthquake is still increasing and could exceed 1,000. More than 1,000 injured have been transferred to various hospitals in the region

"The situation is still evolving and pushing more resources depending on the situation," he said in an interview with CNN's Eleni Giokos, "for criticality. The corresponding major hospital case is Pactia Hospital. "

" Resources are over-expanded here, not just in this area, but things are expected to change in the coming hours. "Abou Zeid added.

The United States has offered "heartfelt condolences" to those affected by the devastating earthquake in Afghanistan on Wednesday.

"I am deeply saddened by the report of the earthquake in eastern Afghanistan," the US Embassy's Twitter account in Kabul postedon Wednesday.

After the complete withdrawal of US troops and the collapse of the Afghan government, the United States did not exist in Afghanistan and its embassy is now operating from Qatar. There is no official relationship with the Taliban government.

CNN asked the US State Department if it intends to provide assistance in responding to a natural disaster that killed more than 900 people.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif made a condolence and offer of support in a tweet on Wednesday.

India "expressed sympathy and condolences to the victims and their families," according to a tweet on Wednesday by a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of India.

The Iranian embassy in Kabul said it was sending two planes withemergency supplies toAfghanistan.

Wang Wenbin, a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said a tweet from the Chinese ambassador to Afghanistan said he was "sad" about the deaths of the earthquake. "Afghanistan is a friendly neighbor of China, and China is ready to provide emergency humanitarian assistance in response to Afghanistan's needs," the embassy tweeted

Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.said"The Turkish Red Crescent, a humanitarian organization operating in Afghanistan, has dispatched humanitarian aid to victims of earthquakes in the region."

Pope Francis said he was praying "for those who lost their lives and their families."

"I hope that help will be sent there to help all the suffering of my loved ones. Afghanistan," said the Pope.

Former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani alsocalled on international charities and organizations to help families affected by the earthquake.

Afghanistan's Deputy Disaster Management Minister Mawlawi Sharafuddin Muslim said on Wednesday that the government would provide emergency relief to Afghan people affected by the earthquake.

At a press conference, the Deputy Minister said, "The Islamic Emirate pays 100,000 AFN ($ 1,116.19) to the families of those who died in the earthquake, and 50,000 ($ 558.10) are injured."

He added that more foreign aid and "help" would be needed to provide aid to all. 

A press statement by the diplomatic mission of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan also highlighted the need for foreign assistance.

The Taliban-controlled countries are currently on the verge of hunger and economic crisis. After the Taliban seized power in August 2021, the United States and its allies frozen about $ 7 billion in national foreign exchange reserves and cut off international funding. Did.

Magnitude 5. Humanitarian Disasters Caused by Nine EarthquakesEastern Afghanistan — the most deadly earthquake in the country in decades — is at a difficult time for Tullivan-dominated nations currently on the verge of hunger and economic crisis. It has occurred.

According to a UN-sponsored report in May, the quake occurs because almost half of the population, or 20 million people, are experiencing severe hunger. This was exacerbated by the August 2021 Taliban occupation rights , which caused the United States and its allies to freeze about $ 7 billion in national foreign exchange reserves and international funding. We have blocked the offer.

The situation has crippled an economy that is already heavily dependent on aid. Following last year's turmoil in the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the World Bank predicted in April that "the combination of lower incomes and higher prices caused a serious deterioration in household living standards," the economy said. It plummeted.

The Taliban held an emergency meeting on Wednesday to organize transportation and physical assistance to the injured to the victims and their families, the Taliban said. Spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said.

Prime Minister Mohammad Hasan Akhund called for a meeting at the country's presidential palace and instructed all relevant agencies to send emergency relief teams to the affected areas, Mujahid said in a tweet.

Afghanistan's water resources management expert Najibra Sadid also said the earthquake was in the area. He said it happened at the same time as the heavy rain of Monsoon in.

"The timing of the quake in the darkness of the night ... and the shallow depth of 10 kilometers from the epicenter caused more casualties," he added.

At least 1,000 people have been confirmed dead after the earthquake in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, and the number continues to grow. .. 

"On Tuesday night, an earthquake struck only in the Gayan and Bermal districts of Pactica, killing more than 1,000 people and injuring more than 1,500," said Mohammad, director of the Pactica Department of Information and Culture. Amin Hozaifa told CNN on Wednesday's phone call. 

Hozaifa added that the death toll could increase as search and rescue operations continued.

Disaster management officials said 25 people were killed, several were injured and five were killed in Nangarhar in the neighboring Khost province.

In the photo of Paktika, just south of Khostika, the house turned into rubble with only one or two walls left in the rubble and the roof beams broken. Is shown.