"The operation is almost done," spokesman for the Disaster Management Ministry Janan Sayeeq told Reuters, adding that rescue efforts were still going on in some villages.
Hemmed in by mountains, Afghanistan has a history of strong earthquakes, many in the rugged Hindu Kush region bordering Pakistan.
[1/2]People search for survivors amid the debris of a house that was destroyed by an earthquake in the district of Zinda Jan, in Herat, Afghanistan October 9, 2023.
In the village, funeral prayers were held for the dead before they were buried, wrapped in blankets, in freshly dug graves.
In addition to medical and food aid, survivors are in dire need of shelter as temperatures drop, the head of the World Health Organization's emergency response said.
Persons:
Disaster Management Ministry Janan Sayeeq, Sayeeq, Zinda Jan, Ali Khara, Siah, , Taj Mohammad, Abdul Sattar, Mohammad Yunus Yawar, Syed Hassib, Gibran Peshimam, Miral
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World Health Organisation, Disaster Management Ministry, Reuters, REUTERS, Siah Aab, Health, Thomson
Locations:
HERAT, Afghanistan, Afghanistan's, Herat, Pakistan, Turkey, Syria, Zinda, , Siah