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The supreme leader of the Taliban-led Afghan government has called on the international community to make donations to help the country following an earthquake that struck on June 22, killing at least 1,000 people.
Haibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the ruling Taliban, in a statement called on the international community, and all humanitarian organizations, “to help the Afghan people in this great tragedy.”
Afghanistan is in the midst of a humanitarian and economic crisis, and Abdul Qahar Balkhi, a senior Taliban official, said the government was “financially incapable of helping people to the extent necessary.”
Aid agencies, neighboring countries and world powers are helping, he said, but “aid must be increased to a very large extent, because this is a devastating earthquake that has not been experienced in decades.”
The head of the United Nations, António Guterres, said the agency was fully mobilized for the disaster. Health teams, medical supplies, food and emergency shelters were on their way to the quake zone, UN officials said.
Southeast Province Paktika has been hit hardest and the UN is trying to provide emergency shelter and food aid. Rescue efforts are being hampered by heavy rainfall and a lack of resources.
The deadliest earthquake to hit the country in two decades is a major challenge for the Taliban, the Islamic movement that regained power last year after the fall of the Western-backed government.
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