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Tents, food and medicine have arrived in eastern Afghanistan following the deadly June 22 earthquake.
More than 1,500 people have been killed in the quake, the Taliban have told Afghan news agencies.
According to them, at least 1,600 people were injured when the earthquake hit three mountainous regions near the border with Pakistan.
Another smaller quake on June 24 left five people dead, shortly after the Taliban announced that the search and rescue operation had ended.
The June 22 quake, which was said to have measured 6.1 on the Richter scale, was the worst natural disaster in Afghanistan in two decades.
A Pakistani military plane sent aid on June 25 to Khost Province, one of three quake-hit regions.
This catastrophe poses a challenge to the Taliban-led Government, which is not recognized by any state.
Mohammad Nassim Haqqani, spokesman for the Taliban Ministry of Disaster Management, told the media that about 10,000 houses had been partially or completely destroyed as a result of the quake.
Haqqani told Radio Free Europe on June 23 that it is still difficult to provide accurate information on the damage, due to poor telephone connections in some areas.
Aid organizations such as the Red Cross and the World Food Program have immediately helped the most vulnerable families in the provinces, Paktika and Khost.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a Twitter post that eight trucks with food and other supplies had arrived in Afghanistan from Pakistan.
According to him, aid has also been sent by Iran and Qatar.
The World Health Organization has warned that the crisis could increase the risk of cholera in this country.
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