First shipments of international aid arrive in country as officials say death toll has risen to 1,150
There are growing fears for the health and wellbeing of survivors of Wednesday’s earthquake in, as the death toll rose to 1,150 and the first shipments of international aid arrived in the impoverished country.
Thousands of people have been left without shelter after the night-time quake, which brought into sharp focus Afghanistan’s compounding needs. India and Iran sent tents, blankets and other relief supplies for a team to distribute in eastern villages, where thousands of timber and stone homes were reduced to rubble.
Afghanistan remains cut off from the international monetary system, and aid groups lament having to pay local staff with bags of cash delivered by hand as nations refuse to deal directly with the Taliban.
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