AFGHANISTAN QUAKE: MANY CHILDREN KILLED IN DISASTER, DOCTORS SAY

 

 

 

DOCTORS IN AFGHANISTAN HAVE SAID MANY CHILDREN MAY HAVE BEEN KILLED IN WEDNESDAY’S EARTHQUAKE.

 

MORE THAN 1,000 PEOPLE DIED IN THE DISASTER AND HEAVY RAIN, THREADBARE RESOURCES AND RUGGED TERRAIN ARE HAMPERING RESCUE WORKERS.

 

UNKNOWN NUMBERS WERE BURIED IN THE RUBBLE OF RUINED, OFTEN MUD-BUILT HOMES BY THE MAGNITUDE 6.1 EARTHQUAKE.

 

THE TALIBAN AUTHORITIES HAVE CALLED FOR MORE INTERNATIONAL AID. COMMUNICATION NETWORKS ARE ALSO BADLY HIT.

 

A TALIBAN,” SPOKESMAN THEY CAN’T REACH THE AREA AS NETWORKS ARE TOO WEAK.

 

THE UNITED NATIONS IS AMONG THOSE SCRAMBLING TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY SHELTER AND FOOD AID TO REMOTE AREAS IN THE WORST-HIT PAKTIKA PROVINCE.

 

AFGHANISTAN’S HEALTH SYSTEM WAS FACING NEAR COLLAPSE EVEN BEFORE THE DISASTER.

 

SURVIVORS AND RESCUERS HAVE TOLD NEWSMEN VILLAGES WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED NEAR THE EPICENTRE OF THE QUAKE, ROADS WERE RUINED INCLUDING MOBILE PHONE TOWERS THEY ALSO EXPRESS THEIR FEARS THAT THE DEATH TOLL WILL RISE FURTHER AMIDST SOME 1,500 PEOPLE WERE ALSO INJURED.

 

MOST OF THE CASUALTIES SO FAR HAVE BEEN IN THE GAYAN AND BARMAL DISTRICTS OF PAKTIKA. LOCALS REPORT DOZENS OF VILLAGES HAVE COLLAPSED.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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