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Mohammad Yunus Yawar
KABUL — Aftermath continues in the area hit by the deadly earthquake in Afghanistan last week, which is dangerous to survivors. It remains, said high-ranking Afghan officials on Monday as they continued to work on the fallout of the disaster.
Last Wednesday, Afghanistan's most devastating earthquake struck a remote area in the southeast near the Pakistani border, killing at least 1,000 people, injuring 3,000 and destroying 10,000 homes.
Among the dead were 155 children, nearly 250 were injured and 65 were orphans, the United Nations Humanitarian Affairs Agency (OCHA) said.
"The location is not yet safe," Afghanistan's Deputy Minister of Public Health Karandal Ibad said at a press conference in Kabul, adding that the region continues to tremble. rice field.
The aftermath of Friday killed five people and injured 11 others. There are no reports of injuries caused by the tremors after Ibad reported.
He said that structures partially damaged by the main impact could not live and people had to live in tents.
Meanwhile, he said that mercury would fall rapidly in the mountains in the coming weeks, which presented the authorities with a new challenge.
"People don't have shelters – elders, children .... Please pay attention to the international community," he said.
This disaster is a major challenge for Afghanistan's hard-line Tullivan rulers, who have shunned many foreign governments' concerns about human rights since they seized power last year.
In addition, sanctions against government agencies and banks in Afghanistan have imposed on countries facing humanitarian crises, including hunger, even before the magnitude 6.1 earthquake. Most of the direct support was cut off.
The United Nations and several other countries have sent aid to the affected areas.
Afghanistan aid agencies demand cash for survivors of the earthquake on Monday, there is no room for food, there are ample tents, and money is available for villagers to meet their specific needs. He said it would be most useful now.
"People demand cash in the area. They say they have received enough help," Mullah Noordden Turaby, vice president of the Afghanistan Red Moon Company (ARCS), told journalists. ..
Turaby said that ARCS has no place to store food and has enough tents as a shelter.
He finds cash more useful for survivors who are struggling to earn money, and if the donor is worried about transparency, ARCS will distribute the money. Said that it can help.
The United Nations Humanitarian Office reported progress in the latest bulletin on Sunday, saying that the tent shortage was resolved and the group was distributing various aids such as food, hygiene kits and cash. Stated.
However, some logistical problems remain, such as the mobile phone network going down and communication restrictions due to poor road conditions in some areas. (Report by Mohammad Yunus Yawar in Kabul, Written by Gibran Peshimam, Edited by Robert Birsel and Mark Porter)
