More than 800 dead, while the earthquake destroys villages in eastern Afghanistan

A Taliban government spokesman said on Monday that an earthquake destroyed many villages in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least 800 people and wounding more than 2,500 people.

Seismic 6.0 earthquakes on Sunday struck a series of cities in Konar Province, near the city of Jalalabad in the neighboring Nanghaar Province, causing severe damage.

Footage of Nangarhar showed people who dug feverish through the rubble with their hands, looking for their loved ones in the hollow of the night. The wounded was taken by a stretch from the collapsed buildings and to the helicopters. The villagers in Konar conducted interviews outside their shattered homes.

The disaster will extend the resources of South Asia, which is already struggling with humanitarian crises, from a sharp drop in assistance to a significant recovery of its citizens from neighboring countries.

The American Geological Survey said that the earthquake at 11:47 pm focuses 27 km east of the northeast of Jalalabad in Nangarhar Province. It was eight kilometers deep.

Shallow earthquakes tend to cause more damage. I followed several tremors.

A Taliban government spokesman, Zabih Allah Al -Mujahid, gave death and injury on Monday at a press conference. He said that most of the losses were in the province of Konar.

Buildings in Afghanistan tend to have low -height facilities, most of them concrete and brick, with homes in rural and distant areas made of clay bricks and wood. Many of the poor construction.

The death toll is expected to rise

One of the worst areas affected in Konar said that the entire village had almost collapsed.

“Children are under the rubble. The elderly are under the rubble. Young people are under the rubble.” “We need help here. We need people to come here and join us. Let’s pull the buried people. No one can come and remove the bodies from under the rubble.”

East Afghanistan is mountainous, with remote areas. The earthquake has worsened.

A spokeswoman for the region’s Ministry of Health said that the rescue operations are underway, and a spokesman for the Ministry of Health has arrived in the region.

Zaman said that many areas were unable to report victims’ personalities and that “the numbers are expected to change” as deaths and injuries are reported. “All available resources will be used to save lives,” said the chief official speaker of the Taliban government, Zabia Allah Mujahid.

Close to Jalal Abad is a noisy commercial city because of its proximity to neighboring Pakistan and a major border crossing between countries. Although its population is about 300,000, according to the municipality, it is believed that the capital area is much larger.

Jalalabad also has great cultivation and cultivation, including citrus fruits and rice, with the flow of the Kabul River through the city.

A 6.3 earthquake from Afghanistan on October 7, 2023, followed by strong wireless tremors. The Taliban government estimated at least 4,000 people who died in this earthquake. The United Nations gave much fewer death about 1500.

It was the most bloody natural disaster to strike Afghanistan in modern memory.

Afghanistan is vulnerable to deadly earthquakes, especially in the Hindu mountain range, where Indian and Oracle tectonic panels meet.