Live news of Afghanistan earthquake: Hundreds killed in strong earthquake | News

About 1,000 people were killed and 600 injured after a 5.9-magnitude earthquake rocked remote areas in southeastern Afghanistan. The United Nations said about 130 wounded people were taken to hospitals. Authorities say hundreds of homes have been destroyed in the underdeveloped area. The tremors could be felt in neighboring Pakistan and Iran, where there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

These are the latest updates:

29 seconds ago (14:05 GMT)

Timeline: The deadly earthquakes in Afghanistan

Afghanistan has a long history of strong tremors that have caused fatalities.

The 5.9-magnitude earthquake in the early hours of Wednesday flattened hundreds of homes in the southeastern provinces of Paktika and Khost, killing at least 1,000 people and injuring nearly 600.

Below is a list of the powerful earthquakes that have caused deaths in the country over the past 30 years.

13 minutes ago (13:53 GMT)

China says it is ready to provide emergency support to Afghanistan

China says it is ready to provide emergency humanitarian aid to Afghanistan in the wake of today’s strong earthquake.

Speaking to reporters at a daily briefing, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Wang Wenbin expressed his condolences to the earthquake victims and stressed that no Chinese casualties have been reported so far.

“Afghanistan is a friendly neighbor of China, and China is ready to provide emergency humanitarian aid according to the needs of the Afghan side,” Wang said.

27 minutes ago (13:39 GMT)

Video showing the devastation caused by the earthquake in Afghanistan

Video courtesy of Ismail Zadran

30 minutes ago (13:35 GMT)

Earthquake is ‘the last thing’ Afghanistan needs

Speaking to Al-Jazeera, Obaidullah Bahir, founder of Save Afghanistan from Hunger, said that the devastating earthquake that struck Afghanistan would make the already dire humanitarian situation in the country worse.

“The situation is horrific. This is the last thing Afghanistan needs. They were already facing one of the worst humanitarian crises in modern history and now this,” Bahir told Al Jazeera.

This is perhaps one of the worst earthquakes in Afghanistan in recent years. The problem is that a lot of these regions, and Afghanistan in general, are on the fault line. He added that most of the areas hit by the earthquake are mountainous areas, and people live on the sides of mountains or in valleys, which makes them particularly vulnerable to landslides that come as a result of earthquakes.

2 hours ago (12:25 GMT)

More than 130 wounded people taken to hospitals: OCHA

In its first urgent update following the earthquake in Afghanistan, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that at least 130 injured people have been transferred to Sharan, Paktika and Urgun hospitals.

As many as 1,800 homes were reportedly destroyed or damaged in Gayan, representing 70 percent of housing in the area, the organization said.

The Ministry of Defense has sent five helicopters to Paktika Province to facilitate medical evacuations, as well as one medical team to Jayan district.

UNICEF has also deployed at least 12 teams of health workers in Gayan district, and several mobile health and nutrition teams in Barmal district in Paktika district and Sabra district in Khost district.

2 hours ago (12:23 GMT)

The United Nations and the European Union provide emergency assistance to affected communities

The United Nations and the European Union offered assistance in response to the 5.9-magnitude earthquake that struck the provinces of southeastern Afghanistan.

“Inter-agency assessment teams have already been deployed to a number of affected areas,” the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) in Afghanistan wrote on Twitter.

“The EU is monitoring the situation and stands ready to coordinate and provide emergency EU assistance to affected people and communities,” Thomas Nicholson, the EU’s special envoy for Afghanistan, wrote on Twitter.

A strong earthquake struck southeastern Afghanistan, causing a large number of casualties. The EU is monitoring the situation and stands ready to coordinate and provide emergency EU assistance to affected people and communities. @ECHO_Asia @RaffaellaIodic2 https://t.co/LtSBG7csNO

– Thomas Niklasson (@tomas_niklasson) June 22, 2022

2 hours ago (12:18 GMT)

Taliban demands international help as Western sanctions continue

A rescue operation could be a major test for the Taliban, which seized the country in August and has been cut off from much international aid due to sanctions.

Even before the Taliban seized power, emergency response teams in Afghanistan were exhausted as they dealt with the natural disasters that frequently hit the country.

“The government is operating within its capabilities,” said Anas Haqqani, a senior Taliban official.

“We hope the international community and aid agencies will also help our people in this difficult situation,” he wrote on Twitter.

2 / 2- The government works within its capabilities. We hope that the international community and relief agencies will also help our people in this difficult situation.

— Anas Haqqani (@AnasHaqqani313) June 22, 2022

2 hours ago (11:42 GMT)

The death toll from the devastating earthquake in Afghanistan has exceeded 1,000

The Ministry of Culture and Information told Al Jazeera that more than 1,000 people were killed and more than 1,500 wounded in southeastern Afghanistan.

The neighboring Pakistan Meteorological Department said the quake’s epicenter was in the Afghan province of Paktika, about 50 km southwest of the city of Khost. Buildings were also damaged in Khost province, and tremors were felt 375 kilometers (230 miles) away in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad.

2 hours ago (11:37 GMT)

The situation is ‘getting worse by the hour’: UNICEF

Samantha Mort, UNICEF’s Head of Communications, Advocacy and Civic Engagement, told Al Jazeera that the situation in the eastern provinces of Afghanistan that was hit by a 5.9-magnitude earthquake is “getting worse by the hour”.

Murt said access to remote provinces has been complicated by recent landslides due to heavy rainfall, but UNICEF teams have been able to reach some of the affected areas.

She added, “There will be desperate efforts underway at the present time to detect people trapped under the rubble and take them to hospital.” “Our teams are there providing emergency first aid to the injured.”

3 hours ago (11:21 GMT)

The Prime Minister holds an emergency meeting to coordinate relief efforts

Prime Minister Mohamed Hassan Akhund held an emergency meeting at the presidential palace to coordinate relief efforts.

Bilal Karimi, deputy spokesman for the Taliban government, urged aid agencies to send teams to the area.

“We urge all relief agencies to immediately send teams to the area to prevent further disasters,” he wrote on Twitter.

The UN Resident Coordinator in Afghanistan, Ramiz Alakbarov, said more help was being mobilized.

Please follow us for the latest updates on the situation and response, teams on the ground are providing first aid in the affected areas of Paktika, Jayan and Bermal. More help is being filled https://t.co/N57aee7tXc

– Dr. Ramiz Alakbarov (@RamizAlakbarov) June 22, 2022

3 hours ago (11:11 GMT)

Helicopters transport corpses and wounded in Kabul and other provinces

Rescuers rushed to the remote province of Paktika by helicopter, about 50 km southwest of the city of Khost.

The Associated Press reported that people wrapped in blankets were waiting to board helicopters. Some were treated on the ground.

Ismail Zadran, a local resident and social activist in Zarrouk district of Paktika state, told Al Jazeera that 152 people were killed in Jian district and several hundred injured. In the Dangar Ghad district of Barmal district of Paktika state, 140 people were killed and hundreds injured.

3 hours ago (11:00 GMT)

Hundreds likely trapped under rubble: official

Muhammad Amin Hudhaifa, head of the Department of Culture and Information in Paktika, told Al Jazeera that the quake claimed the lives of victims in the Jayan, Ziruk, Barmal Wonka districts of Paktika province.

Hudhaifah said homes were flattened and hundreds of people were likely trapped under the rubble.

The 5.9-magnitude earthquake flattened and flattened houses [Al Jazeera/Stringer]

4 hours ago (10:30 GMT)

Afghan authorities: Hundreds of homes destroyed in Paktika

Afghan journalist Ali Um Latifi said in Kabul that authorities have reported the destruction of hundreds of homes in the underdeveloped Paktika district.

The authorities have sent helicopters and are calling for relief agencies to come in and rescue people from under the rubble. “But it is a remote area and difficult to access,” Latifi told Al Jazeera.

An earthquake in a remote part of Afghanistan killed at least 280 people and injured hundreds.

Journalist @alibomaye explains why underfunded aid agencies are struggling to respond ⤵️

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– Al Jazeera English (AJEnglish) June 22, 2022

4 hours ago (10:05 GMT)

Ministry of Disasters: At least 920 victims of the earthquake in Afghanistan

The Deputy Minister of Disaster Management in Afghanistan said that the death toll from the earthquake that struck Afghanistan last Wednesday night has risen to at least 920.

“So far we have information that at least 920 people have been killed and 600 wounded,” Sharaf al-Din Muslim said in a press conference.

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