The earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan was five days after the earthquake, and the focus of activities in the affected areas is shifting from searching for survivors to treating injured people and supporting the lives of the victims.
However, due to the damage from the earthquake, the local traffic situation has deteriorated further, and it continues to be difficult to transport relief supplies promptly.
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck in Afghanistan on the 22nd of this month, with an epicenter in the eastern host state, killing more than 1,000 people and injuring more than 1,600 in Paktika, which is adjacent to the host state.
A spokesman for the Islamist Taliban's interim government, which is in charge of disaster countermeasures, told NHK on the 25th, "The search for missing persons ended on the 23rd. Currently, we are distributing food and other items. We are treating injured residents, "he said, and the focus of the authorities' activities is shifting from searching for survivors to treating injured people and supporting the lives of victims.
However, according to NGOs that have entered the disaster area, although they are working with the Taliban's interim government to provide support, there is always a shortage of facilities and medicines to treat injuries.
In addition, many roads in the disaster area are not maintained in mountainous areas, and the local traffic conditions have worsened due to the damage of part of the road surface due to the earthquake, making it difficult to transport relief supplies quickly. Is continuing.