Disaster has killed more than 1,000 people and officials say toll could rise
Organised rescue efforts are struggling to reach the site of an earthquake inthat has killed more than 1,000 people, as survivors dig through the rubble by hand to find those still missing.
How – and whether the Taliban allow – the world to offer aid remained in question as rescuers without heavy equipment dug through rubble as best they could. The full extent of the destruction among the villages tucked in the mountains was slow in coming to light. However, officials from multiple UN agencies said the Taliban were allowing full access to the area.
The Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid tweeted that eight trucks of food and other necessities from Pakistan had arrived in Paktika. He also said on Thursday that two planes of humanitarian aid from Iran and another from Qatar had arrived in Afghanistan.However, other Taliban officials underlined the difficulties they were having in scaling up the rescue effort.
“We have sent dozens of people to rescue people from under the rubbles but it is not enough. Iran has promised us help and their rescue teams are on their way coming to the area. We call on international humanitarian.” “It’s a horrific scene. There were people who lost all of their family members. Some have lost 10 family members or some people have lost entire families.
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