The Eastern Afghan earthquake killed at least 920 people

The Afghan Interim Government State Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs Deputy Minister of Management, Momorav Muslim said at a press conference on the 22nd that the earthquake in the eastern part of Afghanistan had killed at least 920 people and injured 610 people. Many people are still trapped under the ruins, and the number of casualties may rise further.

Muslim said that the Supari district in Horst province and the neighboring Parkerka Province were the most serious. The government department will pay 100,000 Afghanistan (about 89 Afghanistan) to the victim's family and pay 50,000 Afghanistan to the wounded.

Afghan Interim Government Agent Prime Minister's Office issued a post in social media that Agent Prime Minister Mohammed Hassan Ahsan Hand presided over an emergency meeting that morning, requiring relevant institutions to rush to the scene immediately, use all resources to save lives, and provide all the necessary people to provide all the necessary people. assistance.

The Ministry of National Defense of the Afghanistan said in social media that the Ministry of National Defense has sent seven helicopters with life -loving equipment and medical staff to the disaster area, and dozens of medical rescue teams are also on the way to the disaster area.

The Chinese Embassy in Afghanistan said that there is no report from Chinese citizens.

An earthquake information network news of the US Geological Survey shows that the earthquake occurred on the day of 5.9.

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