A magnitude-6.3 earthquake followed by powerful aftershocks killed several people in western Afghanistan on Saturday, the country s national disaster authority said. The death toll resulting from the powerful earthquakes has now reached 2,060.
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi has also tweeted that the first consignment of India s earthquake relief assistance for the people of Afghanistan has reached Kabul and has been handed over by the Indian team there. Further consignment also follows, he added.
Afghanistan earthquake death: An aftershock took more lives Friday and threatened to pile even more misery on an area of eastern Afghanistan reeling from a powerful earthquake that state media said killed 1,150 people this week.
There was little sign of heavy equipment- only one bulldozer was spotted being transported. Ambulances circulated, but little other help to the living was evident.
The region is already reeling from Wednesday s magnitude 6 quake that killed 1,150 people and injured scores more, according to the latest figures carried in state media.