Headquarters on-site direct attack丨Over 1,000 people died in the eastern Afghanistan earthquake, and the death toll is expected to increase
An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 occurred in eastern Afghanistan (32.95 degrees north latitude, 69.48 degrees east longitude) at 4:54 on June 22, Beijing time, with a focal depth of 30 kilometers.
According to a comprehensive local news report by a reporter from China Central Radio and Television Station, the earthquake has killed more than 1,000 people and injured more than 1,500.
Local officials said the death toll could rise.
In addition to the impact of the earthquake, the current flash floods in many provinces of Afghanistan have blocked traffic and added resistance to rescue efforts.
The acting deputy minister of the Afghan Interim Government's Disaster Management Department, Muslim, announced at a press conference on the 22nd that flash floods in eight provinces caused road closures.
The flash flood has killed 11 people, injured 50 and damaged more than 500 houses.
At the same time, Muslim said that each family with the dead will receive 100,000 Afghanis, and families with the wounded will receive 50,000 Afghanis.
The acting Prime Minister of Afghanistan's interim government, Hassan Akhund, also called for urgent solutions to the difficulties of the families of the victims at a special cabinet meeting held on the same day.
Chinese Ambassador to Afghanistan Wang Yu said in an exclusive interview with a reporter from the Headquarters that so far no reports of Chinese casualties and property losses have been received.
China always upholds the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind and cares about the Afghan people.
Since last year, several batches of emergency humanitarian relief materials have been delivered to the Afghan people, and China has never been absent in the face of major disasters in Afghanistan.
There was a major flood in Afghanistan last month. The Red Cross Society of China donated money to the Red Crescent Society of Afghanistan. China will continue to provide more help to the affected people in Afghanistan.
At the same time, China also calls on those countries that impose sanctions on Afghanistan, freeze the assets of the Afghan people, and cause humanitarian disasters in Afghanistan, to truly care about and respect the Afghan people's right to survival and development, help the Afghan people, and shoulder greater responsibilities.
At present, the Afghan interim government rescue team has entered the disaster area and successfully transferred many wounded.
An Iranian foreign ministry spokesman said Iran was ready to help Afghanistan.
Reporter丨Jiang Haoyu Li Shuangxi Yang Yuan