More than 800 died after a strong earthquake in Afghanistan

More than 800 people were killed – and nearly 3,000 were injured – after an earthquake in the east of Afghanistan before north on Sunday, the United Nations humanitarian agency said.

According to the officials, most of the deaths are in the province of Kunar, warning that the earthquake could increase significantly, as the earthquake was destroyed by entire villages.

The epicenter is in a remote mountain area, which makes it difficult to rescue operations. “The scale of devastation is impossible,” the Taliban official said.

The catastrophe comes as Afghan drums from strong drought, reducing assistance and what the world food program describes as an unprecedented hunger crisis.

The earthquake struck at 23:47 (19:47 GMT) on Sunday, approximately 27 km (17 miles) east of Jalalabad, the fifth largest city in the Eastern Nangar.

Faridul Phase quickly slept at home in Assadabad, on the banks of the Kunar River, and the tremor woke up.

“There was a very strong earthquake accompanied by sounds that were very scary,” he said to the BBC.

“We didn’t sleep until the morning. There were small jolts after the earthquake, and there are still.”

The phase said he went to the clinic in the city, helping to transport the dead and wounded into the ambulance to deliver to the hospital further south in the Nankhar province.

“It was a very terrible situation, just an atmosphere of fear and terror,” the phase said.

A resident of Mazar Dari in the Nurgal region said 95% of the village had been destroyed – and there were five -10 victims in each household.

The worst damage was in the wake – a solid, mountainous region with limited farmland.

Roads in the area are often mud, rotating around the mountains – houses are made of clay, stones and dirt.

The region also has massive floods and landslides over the last few days that block access to many areas.

With blocked roads, rescue operations can only be carried out, and the teams could not reach the area until the morning, as helicopters could not land in the mountains at night.

However, more than 100 flights have been conducted in clear weather since then.

“In the whole villages, the roads to the deep mountainous areas are still closed. Therefore, the priority is not to find the dead under the rubble, but rather to contact the victims,” ​​the Taliban official in Kunar said.

“Most of the dead are under the rubble. We do everything, but it seems fast,” he said.

There are times when people who have fallen under the rubble, hours and are reportedly dying, waiting for rescuers.

Syed Raheem – One of those who participate in salvation – says that, despite the fact that many have been saved, there is fears for others still trapped.

“Some people have sent us messages that are destroyed and some people are still under the stones,” he said at the BBC.

Jalalabad’s main hospital was already broken in the center of intersection, so that tens of thousands of Afghans were deported from the Pakistan border.

On Monday, it was quite chaotic – with injured, helpless relatives looking for their loved ones, volunteers and rescue teams, which still run around this place.

The unprecedented woman said she lost her family members in the earthquake, while the old man was stunned and lost – and couldn’t talk to anyone.

The doctor said that about 460 victims were brought since the earthquake – 250 confessed, the rest were treated and discharged.

The internet connection in these areas is very limited, which makes it difficult to communicate and coordinate.

Since August 2021, Afghanistan has been under the control of the Taliban, which is recognized only by Russia.

A number of assistance and non -governmental organizations have suspended their work in Afghanistan with the arrival of a tough Islamist group.

Most foreign donations in Afghanistan also suspended international sanctions dating back to when the Taliban was in power in the 1990s, and the liberations were made for humanitarian aid.

The Taliban government has started an appeal.

Afghanistan is not alien to earthquakes because he sits on a number of malfunctions.

In 2023, a series of earthquakes in the province of Gerat killed more than 1000 people, a year after the province of Pactica died a similar amount.

The last earthquake was so deadly because it was so shallow – it hit a depth of 8 km (5 miles) – and felt in the capital of 140 km in the capital, Kabul, as well as in the neighboring Pakistan. To be classified as shallow, the earthquake must occur less than 70 km below the surface.

Debtled earthquakes are often found in Afghanistan, especially in the foothills of the Himalayas, where tectonic plates pass past each other.