The Afghan earthquake encountered heavy rain again, and the number of deaths was likely to rise again. Pakistan was preparing to send troops

Jimu Journalist Song Qingying

According to a comprehensive foreign media report, in the early morning of June 22, local time, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurred in eastern Afghanistan. The earthquake had killed at least 1,100 people and injured over 1,650. This is the worst earthquake in Afghanistan in the past 20 years, but rescue work has been seriously hindered. When the disaster happened, Afghanistan was undergoing heavy rain and floods, and the number of deaths may rise further.

Houses in the Afghan earthquake (Source: Agence France -Presse)

According to Agence France -Presse, the most serious disaster is Parkerca province at the Eastern border. The villages near the earthquake were almost completely destroyed. Photos of Afghanistan media showed that the house was razed to the ground, and the corpse wrapped in the blanket was lying on the ground.

"At least 1,100 people died and over 1,650 were injured, and the numbers might still rise. People were digging the grave one by one." A official in Parkerca Province said.

A local reporter also said that the news of casualties was difficult to spread from the mountains due to the interruption of the damage to the signal transmission tower. "My brother and his family are dead, and I know it after a few hours." He said sadly.

Rescuers said that due to heavy rain and floods blocking highways, rescuers have almost no helicopter and lack of medical supplies, and the number of deaths may rise further.

The report also said that the floods in many areas in Afghanistan have recently killed 11 people, injured 50 people, and blocked some highways. An official of Parkica said: "It was raining, all houses were destroyed, and people were still trapped under the rubble."

A doctor in Parkica said that many medical staff were killed in the earthquake. "We lack enough personnel and facilities before the earthquake, and now we have destroyed everything we have."

Parkerca provinces are lining up to donate blood for earthquake victims (Source: BBC)

According to the BBC report, since the US military withdrawal and the Taliban take over the regime last August, billions of dollars in Afghanistan have been frozen, and Afghanistan is in humanitarian and economic crisis.

Before August last year, Afghanistan's rescue resources were very tense, and rescuers had almost no helicopter available. Recently, Afghanistan has experienced the problem of shortage of medical supplies.

At the same time, according to United Nations statistics, 93%of families in Afghanistan are facing unsafe problems.

Afghanistan spokesman Abdul Kahar Barki said that the government "cannot help the people in the necessary degree", and the Afghan Interim Government calls on the international to increase assistance to Afghanistan.

According to Pakistan's "Dawn", the earthquake occurred in the early morning of the 22nd, about 44 kilometers away from Horster near the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, with a depth of 51 kilometers. As far as Pakistan and India, about 119 million people have a sense of shock.

The Pakistani authorities are coordinating with relevant Afghan agencies to provide the required aid for the earthquake -stricken area. Major General Barbar Ifthael, Director -General of Pakistan's Public Relations Department, said that the Pakistani Armed Forces are preparing to provide all possible humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people.

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