It is said that while the earthquake that occurred in eastern Afghanistan began to support the victims, the situation where relief supplies cannot be delivered promptly continues.
Under these circumstances, a spokesman for the Islamist Taliban's Ministry of Foreign Affairs called for lifting sanctions on the Taliban and freezing of foreign assets in order to help the victims.
The earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan on the 22nd of this month has killed more than 1,000 people and injured more than 1,600 so far in Paktika, the epicenter of the earthquake.
According to NGOs that entered the disaster area, although they are providing support in cooperation with the provisional administration of the Islamist Taliban, the situation continues that relief supplies cannot be delivered promptly, such as some roads leading to the disaster area cannot pass. It means that there is.
Under these circumstances, a spokesman for the Taliban's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on the 25th, "I urge the world to guarantee the right of Afghanistan to live," in an interview with Reuters, in order to support the victims and promote reconstruction. He called for the lifting of sanctions imposed on Taliban executives and measures that the United States and others have frozen foreign assets of the central bank.
In Afghanistan, sanctions have frozen foreign assets since the Taliban regained power last August, but the UN Security Council has resolved not to violate the provision of funds for humanitarian assistance. We are adopting the plan.
However, the Taliban sought to ease sanctions amid the damage caused by the earthquake.