Türkiye introduced on Tuesday it would ship a practice carrying extra humanitarian assist to assist the earthquake-affected folks in Herat province of Afghanistan.
In a press release, Türkiye’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) stated 39 tons of blankets, 8 tons of beds, 85 tons of tents, 40 tons of hygiene supplies, 33 tons of clothes, 15 tons of turbines, 240 tons of meals, 30 tons of kitchen tools, 400 transportable bogs and 18 tons of heaters shall be delivered to Afghanistan.
Last month, consecutive earthquakes within the Herat province of Afghanistan, situated on the border with Iran, induced the dying of roughly 2,500 folks, forcing the Afghan authorities to situation a global assist request.
Ankara has beforehand dispatched two plane from the Ministry of National Defense, carrying search and rescue personnel and humanitarian assist to the area.
Quake-hit area
The earthquake was one of many deadliest tremors in Afghanistan lately. The affect of the earthquake prolonged into neighboring Iran, the place residents of Mashhad, a metropolis with a inhabitants of over 1 million, situated roughly 300 kilometers (186 miles) from the earthquake’s epicenter, reported feeling the shaking of their home partitions.
Hemmed in by mountains, Afghanistan has a historical past of robust earthquakes, many within the rugged Hindu Kush area bordering Pakistan.
Severe earthquakes happen repeatedly within the area the place the Arabian, Indian and Eurasian plates meet. A devastating quake killed greater than 1,000 folks in Afghanistan in 2022. After a number of a long time of battle, many homes are poorly constructed. Earthquakes subsequently usually trigger main injury.
Source: www.dailysabah.com