TE24 International Desk:
Essential clinical supplies arrived at an emergency hospital in a remote part of Afghanistan on Saturday. An earthquake has killed more than 1,000 people this week as the country’s Taliban government seeks more global help.
Authorities have canceled a search for survivors, according to a Reuters report, after a 6.1-magnitude tremor on Wednesday in a rough southeastern locality near the Pakistani border, in which an additional 2,000 people were injured and 10,000 homes damaged or destroyed.
A delayed response on Friday killed at least five more people just 160km (100 miles) southeast of the capital, Kabul, and clinical staff said general medical services offices were hampering their efforts to help the injured.
Those who were affected were sent from Kabul in a dire condition and in the necessary work, (which) we cannot do here, “said Abrar, who goes by the name of one, most obviously the worst-affected area, the supervisor of a medical clinic in Paktika.
The defeat is a significant test for Afghanistan’s hardline Taliban rulers, who have been ignored by a number of unfamiliar legislators since taking control of the nation last year over concerns about fundamental freedoms.
Afghanistan has been cut off from much direct global aid in the wake of Western approval, extending a pathetic state of emergency in the country’s fold even before this week’s earthquake.
The United Nations and a number of other countries have been quick to help the affected areas, with more to come over the next few days, and the Taliban followed suit on Saturday for additional guide shipments to help the casualties.
“We contact all charities to help people,” said Mohammad Amin Hojifa, Paktika general government representative.
China’s foreign ministry said on Saturday that the country would provide Afghanistan with 50 million yuan ($ 7.5 million) worth of sympathetic guides, including tents, towels, beds and various materials to help earthquake victims.
