Delhi, 23 June New 2022

As per news report of BBC, Unknown numbers were buried in the rubble of ruined, often mud-built homes by the magnitude 6.1 earthquake. Afghanistan's health system was facing near collapse even before the disaster. The Taliban authorities have called for more international aid. Communication networks are also badly hit. "We can't reach the area - networks are too weak," a Taliban spokesman was quoted by Reuters as saying. The United Nations is among those scrambling to provide emergency shelter and food aid to remote areas in the worst-hit Paktika province. Survivors and rescuers have told the BBC of villages completely destroyed near the epicentre of the quake, of ruined roads and mobile phone towers - and of their fears that the death toll will rise further. Some 1,500 people were also injured, officials say.

Source -BBC

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