Publish dateSaturday 25 June 2022 - 11:49
Story Code : 254745
United Kingdom donates 2.5 million to Paktika earthquake victims
The British government has provided 2.5 million in aid to earthquake victims in Afghanistan. The aid is said to be part of 286 million UK financial commitment made earlier this year.
Afghan Voice Agency (AVA), Lord Tariq Ahmad, Boris Johnson's representative for sexual violence prevention, tweeted yesterday (Friday, June 24) that the money would be donated to the International Community of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. .
 
According to the British official, this assistance is part of the 286 million British financial commitment that was fulfilled earlier this year.
 
He said British aid would help his partners provide vital resources to those in need.
 
A 5.9 magnitude earthquake shook Paktika and Khost provinces early Wednesday morning.
 
The authorities of the Islamic Emirate have announced the casualties of this earthquake as more than one thousand killed and more than one thousand and 500 wounded.
 
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a report that some 770 people had been killed and 1,455 injured in the Barmal and Gyan districts of Paktika and Spire districts of Khost province.
 
On the other hand, Local officials of the Islamic Emirate said that 5 people were killed and 11 others were injured in yesterday's earthquake which was 4 magnitude earthquake.
 
So far, several countries have sent relief supplies to Kabul and Khost and Paktika provinces.
 
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