Australia, India, Pakistan and the United Nations have answered the Taliban's calls for support in response to the devastating 6.1 magnitude earthquake which has left more than 1,000 Afghans dead.
More than 1,000 people have been killed and at least 1,500 were injured in the tremor which struck about 44 kilometres from the eastern city of Khost in the early hours of Wednesday morning.The earthquake is the deadliest since 2002 but the Taliban - who overran the western-backed government in August - is struggling to finance support for devastated areas and affected residents.
Afghanistan’s Deputy Minister of State for Disaster Management Mawlawi Sharafuddin Muslim asked countries to support them as they would other nations in a time of need. Senior Taliban official Abdul Qahar Balkhi also admitted they would not be able to recover from the devastation without help from other international governments.
The Taliban has called on the international community to help in the response to the devastating earthquake. Picture: Sayed Khodaiberdi Sadat/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images “India stands by the people of Afghanistan in their difficult times and is ready to provide all possible disaster relief material at the earliest," he teweeted.
My condolences to the people of Afghanistan & the Australian-Afghan community, who have lost so many brothers and sisters today.Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong said the devastation was “heartbreaking” and confirmed the Australian government will send support.
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