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Herat (Afghanistan), Oct 9 (EFE).- Activists and social organizations collect money on the streets of Afghanistan to help the victims of the earthquakes that devastated entire towns in the west of the country, leaving more than 2,400 dead, while the authorities They try to offer assistance without international support.
Ballot boxes in the main cities such as Kabul, Kandahar or Herat have been installed by activists with the aim of raising funds for the medical assistance and supplies necessary to care for the more than 2,000 injured among the limited capacity of the public system.
The Taliban government has also appealed to ask for financial help from its own citizens, especially from “wealthy people” and Afghan businessmen, to face one of the worst catastrophes that its regime has faced since they took power. in August 2021.
Although Afghanistan receives help on the ground from international organizations such as the United Nations or the Afghan Red Crescent (ARCS), the lack of international recognition and sanctions on its leaders limits its ability to directly obtain funds to ask for help.
“Aid box for victims of the earthquake in the province of Herat,” reads the ballot boxes installed in the main cities of the country, and in which passers-by deposit a few coins in this nation devastated by decades of war that was already immersed in one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world.
In the images released from the Zindah Jan district, the epicenter of the earthquakes, you can barely see a few excavators removing the rubble while the inhabitants of the area, with their own hands and without anyone’s help, try to remove the bodies of their relatives. and neighbors buried beneath the devastation, hoping to find them alive.
A delegation from the de facto Government, led by Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Ghani Baradar Akhund, travels to Herat today to assess the affected areas.
“Baradar Akhund will personally tour the regions affected by the earthquake. In addition to providing immediate relief assistance, he will also issue directives to ensure the equitable and accurate distribution of the aid collected,” a spokesperson for the Afghan Ministry of Information reported on the X social network. Abdul Wahid Rayan.
Afghanistan felt at least seven tremors on Saturday. The first of all, the largest, occurred at 12:11 (+5:30 GMT) at a depth of 14 kilometers and 33 kilometers from the city of Zindah Jan, located in the province of Herat, according to the USGS.
According to the latest official balance, more than 2,400 people died and more than 2,000 were injured, Afghan government sources told EFE.
This is the third deadliest earthquake since 1998 in Afghanistan and the worst catastrophe that the Taliban have had to face since they took control of Afghanistan in August 2021, without access to the financial system and international reserves. EFE
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