Rescuers focus on remote Afghan regions after earthquake kills over 1,400
Baku, September 2, AZERTAC
Rescuers are trying to reach remote areas in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar region after a devastating earthquake killed at least 1,411 people and wounded 3,124 others, Al Jazeera reported citing to Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.
On Tuesday, Mujahid wrote in a post on X that 5,412 houses were destroyed due to the earthquake’s intensity.
Rescuers are trying to reach remote areas in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar region after a devastating earthquake killed at least 1,411 people and wounded 3,124 others, according to Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.
On Tuesday, Mujahid wrote in a post on X that 5,412 houses were destroyed due to the earthquake’s intensity.
Villagers have joined the rescue efforts.
Obaidullah Stoman, 26, who travelled to the village of Wadir in Kunar’s Nugral district to search for a friend, told the AFP news agency that there was “only rubble left”.
“I’m searching here, but I didn’t see him. It was very difficult for me to see the conditions here,” he said.
Akhlaq, 14, who was injured and evacuated to the hospital, lost five members of his family to the earthquake in the remote village.
“Our whole house collapsed. My brothers and father were all buried. Only I survived and made it out,” he told AFP.
“Then I heard my father’s voice, and I managed to rescue him,” he said, adding, “There are victims who are still under the rubble, but there is nobody to help them and pull them out.”
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