Earthquake in Afghanistan: devastating extent - number of victims increased drastically

Created: 06/23/2022, 11:27 am

Earthquake in a crisis region: A drama is unfolding on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The seriousness of the situation is now becoming apparent.

Update from June 23, 11:11 a.m .:

After the devastating earthquake in the Afghan-Pakistani border region, rain has made rescue work more difficult.

The authorities reported at least 1,000 dead and 1,500 injured.

Helpers dug in with their hands and provided survivors with food and clothing.

Mass graves were also dug.

The massive tremor had startled numerous residents early Wednesday morning.

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He has never experienced such horror, said Chalid Sadran, police spokesman for the incumbent Taliban government, on Thursday.

"Although we spent our lives with bomb explosions." And further: "It was unbearable.

We have prepared Army Corps food for them.

They were hungry, tired and scared.

Then it started raining.”

“Many bodies have not yet been recovered.

Some are inside the houses and some are under the rubble," a resident of the affected areas in the east of the country

TV channel .

“We need cranes, they should build our houses and they should bring us tents.

We spent the night out in the mountains,” the man lamented.

Several aid organizations have meanwhile pledged their support to the country.

"The number of casualties is expected to increase as search and rescue operations continue," the UN Emergency Relief Office (OCHA) said.

Afghanistan: ruins in the province of Paktia - According to estimates, more than a thousand people fell victim to the earthquake.

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Earthquake in Afghanistan: death toll rises drastically - over 1000 dead

Update from June 22, 4:11 p.m .:

 After the earthquake in the Afghan-Pakistani border region with more than 1000 dead, the federal government expressed concern about the events and promised humanitarian aid to the Afghan people.

“A severe earthquake in Afghanistan killed hundreds of people and seriously injured many more.

The federal government expresses its deepest sympathy to the Afghan people," said government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit.

At least 1,500 residents in eastern Afghanistan were also injured, the state news agency Bakhtar reported on Wednesday.

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Even if Germany does not recognize the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, the federal government will continue to support the country in the context of humanitarian aid, Hebestreit assured.

However, the federal government did not send the Taliban a letter of condolence because there was no contact person there either.

Update from June 22, 11:12 a.m .:

After the severe earthquake in the Afghan-Pakistani border region, the death toll has risen to 920, according to official figures.

At least 600 other residents of the border provinces were injured in the quake late Tuesday evening (local time), Taliban Deputy Minister of State for Disaster Management, Maulawi Sharafuddin Muslim, said on Wednesday.

Severe earthquake in Afghanistan: More than 250 dead on the border with Pakistan

First report from June 22, 2022:

Kabul/Islamabad - At least 255 people died in a violent earthquake late Tuesday evening (local time) in the Afghan-Pakistani border region.

According to official information, another 155 people were injured in Paktika province in eastern Afghanistan.

This was reported by the state news agency Bakhtar on Wednesday.

A spokesman for the ruling Taliban also spoke of dozens of destroyed houses in four affected districts of the province bordering Pakistan.

Local media reported that one village was completely destroyed.

Earthquake in Afghanistan: The US earthquake observatory reports magnitude 5.9

The US earthquake monitoring station (USGS) reported the magnitude of the quake shortly before 11 p.m. on Tuesday (local time) as 5.9 and a slightly weaker aftershock.

Afghans look at the destruction caused by an earthquake in eastern Afghanistan's Paktika province in this photo released by the state news agency Bakhtar.

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Accordingly, the center of the earthquake was around 50 kilometers southwest of the city of Khost near the border with Pakistan at a depth of around ten kilometers.

Pakistani authorities registered the earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1.

Earthquake in Afghanistan: tremors in Pakistan's capital Islamabad

According to Pakistani information, the tremors were felt in large parts of the neighboring country - including in the capital Islamabad and even in Lahore in the east of the country.

Panic broke out in some places, but according to initial information, nothing was known about damage or injuries in Pakistan.

According to the civil protection authority, local emergency services tried to gain access to the affected remote mountainous region.

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