Published October 09,2023
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Türkiye dispatched aid items for the victims of large earthquakes in northwestern Afghanistan.
“We are extending our country’s helping hand to Afghanistan,” the Turkish National Defense Ministry Monday mentioned on X.
The plane that may ship the required aid provides took off from the Murted Air Base, it added.
The loss of life toll from Saturday’s large earthquakes in Afghanistan has shot as much as over 2,500, mentioned the Taliban police.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, sturdy earthquakes of magnitude 6.3, 5.9, and 5.5 jolted the northwestern Herat and Badghis provinces. It mentioned the epicenter was 40 kilometers (24.8 miles) northwest of Herat metropolis.
Afghanistan is often struck by tremors, primarily the Hindukush mountain vary, which sits close to the confluence of Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates.
A 5.9 magnitude earthquake in June final 12 months killed over 1,000 folks and left tens of hundreds homeless within the jap Paktika province.
Source: www.anews.com.tr