Rescuers this Friday (24) ended their search amid the debris left by the earthquake that hit southeast Afghanistan last Wednesday (22). Help for the survivors came with difficulty this Friday. The final balance was at least a thousand dead.
The overworked Taliban regime is seeking help from the international community in the face of the scale of the destruction – 1,500 homes affected – and the lack of basic needs in the region.
Two days after Afghanistan’s deadliest 5.9 magnitude earthquake in 20 years, the population of Paktika province woke up this morning to new, mild tremors. Twice, the earth shook for a few seconds.
These small tremors are in no way similar to the violent tremors that the population felt in that province two nights ago. And beneath the ravages of the earthquake, hundreds of people lost their homes built from the collapsed earth on Wednesday night.
Villagers spend the night in the open, without hunger, without water, without blankets, without emergency shelter, in a mountainous region where the nights are cold and rainy. Helping the population affected by this disaster is now a matter of urgency. But getting this help is another challenge in this hard-to-reach region with its steep mountains.
The RFI report was in the Urgon area, where residents were organized to self-serve food to the affected population.
Traumatized and outdoor population
Locals are still in shock. Gayan and Barmal districts were also heavily affected. Since Friday morning, UN trucks loaded with supplies have been going to the area.
Najubullah, the chief of emergency operations, was in these areas. “Indigenous people are shaken, depressed, people are traumatized. They have no shelter, no food, no water, no blankets, just the clothes they wear. bits of wood and plastic,” he reports.
A dozen medical professionals came to Urgon Hospital in support. They’re all volunteers. Mohammad Qadim hails from the neighboring state of Khost. “About 90% of injuries are fractures. That’s why we came here. We’re a whole team. We have general, eye and orthopedic surgeons to deal with bone fractures. We’re here to help people,” he said.
All of the injured were taken to provincial hospitals by air. The urgency now is to help the affected population who have returned to their villages and whose homes have been destroyed.
source: Noticias
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