2023-10-10 22:05:18
Yesterday, the UAE sent a plane carrying 33 tons of urgent food supplies to those affected by the earthquake that struck Herat Province in western Afghanistan, killing and injuring thousands of people, most of them women and children, and causing severe damage.
The supplies were sent through the joint efforts of a number of Emirati relief institutions, represented by the Emirates Red Crescent Authority, the Zayed Charitable Foundation, and the Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Humanitarian Foundation, and in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Development Affairs and International Organizations, Sultan Al Shamsi, said: “Sending urgent food supplies with the participation of relief and charitable institutions in the UAE comes within the framework of providing necessary needs in times of crises, especially during natural disasters that result in severe shortages of food and medical supplies. “This requires rapid intervention to support the affected population, especially women, children and the elderly.”
He pointed out that the UAE is one of the first countries to rush to provide support and a helping hand to the friendly Afghan people to reduce the effects of earthquakes, which reflects the UAE’s established approach since the era of the late founding father Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, may God rest his soul, and the directives of the leadership, Which always provides support and urgent response to countries and peoples in times of crises and disasters.
The Afghan authorities announced that 20 villages were leveled and at least 2,500 people died due to the earthquake and its followingshocks, while the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that more than 11,000 people were affected by the series of earthquakes that struck Herat Province in Afghanistan, and the United Nations announced The United States announced the provision of five million dollars in emergency aid to Afghanistan.
At least eight tremors were recorded in the border region of Afghanistan last Saturday, and the US Geological Survey estimated the strength of the tremors as ranging between 4.6 and 6.3 on the Richter scale, and the tremors occurred at a depth of regarding 10 kilometers.
• 33 tons of urgent food supplies sent by the UAE to those affected by the earthquake.
• The earthquake and its followingshocks killed 2,500 people and leveled 20 villages to the ground.
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