It has been 29 days and a week since the magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan.
The provisional administration of the Islamist Taliban and international organizations are supporting the victims in the area, but the traffic conditions are poor and supplies such as medicines have not arrived sufficiently.
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck in Afghanistan on the 22nd of this month, with an epicenter in the eastern host state, killing a total of 1036 people in Paktika, which is adjacent to the host state, by the 26th of this month, according to the WHO (World Health Organization), 2949. It means that a person was injured.
The UNICEF-UN Children's Fund also states that at least 121 children have died.
The Taliban's provisional government and international organizations such as the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies have joined the local community to provide support for disaster victims, such as food distribution and treatment of injured people.
However, many of the roads leading to the disaster area in the mountains are not paved, and the traffic conditions are poor. about it.
Afghanistan's Ministry of Interior spokesman Takur told NHK on the 28th, "The humanitarian crisis will be resolved by helping each other. We would like to ask the international community to provide supplies such as food, medicine and tents." However, how to deliver supplies to the disaster area as soon as possible will continue to be an issue.
Damage to multiple buildings in the village by satellite imagery
There are many mountainous areas in the disaster area, and the full extent of the damage has not been clarified, but satellite images released by the United Nations show that buildings have been damaged and that many evacuation centers have been set up. ..
The United Nations satellite center analyzed the effects of the earthquake by comparing a total of 14 satellite images taken before and the day after the earthquake on the 23rd of this month around the epicenter of the host state.
Of these, in the images taken of the village near the epicenter, it is analyzed that damage is seen in multiple buildings in the village, and it seems that the roof etc. have collapsed.
In addition, it is possible to confirm that multiple shelters are being built in this village.
Similarly, damage to buildings can be seen in a village in Host State, which is about 13 kilometers away from the epicenter, and it can be confirmed that shelters have been created.
The damage also extended to the roads, and images of a village in Host State about 8 kilometers away from the epicenter showed that the roads were damaged in two places.