According to the Taliban, the deadly earthquake left more than 2,000 injured.
Scenes of doom and grief after the catastrophic earthquake, magnitude 5.9 Richter, in Afghanistan that hit the country on Wednesday.
The death toll from the quake in Paktika and Khost provinces has risen to 1,500, Al Jazeera quoted a Taliban official as saying. Among the victims are many children, doctors say, the BBC reports. According to him, the deadly earthquake left more than 2,000 injured.
It is the deadliest earthquake to hit Afghanistan in 20 years. The death toll is expected to rise further in the coming days.
The EU will provide 1 million euros to humanitarian aid in Afghanistan, after the deadly earthquake that struck the country.
The EU funding will come from humanitarian groups operating in the country, including non-governmental organizations and the United Nations, the European Commission’s humanitarian aid department said in a statement on Thursday.
The “thorn in the side” in rescue operations is the lack of adequate equipment and a proper road network.
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