A man cleans up rubble after an earthquake in Zenda Jan district in Herat province, western Afghanistan on Oct. 11, 2023.
and flattened whole villages in Herat province in what was one of the most destructive quakes in the country’s recent history.
The aid group Doctors Without Borders said Herat Regional Hospital received 117 who got injured in Wednesday’s temblor. The group, also known by its French acronym MSF, said it sent additional medical supplies to the hospital and was setting up four more medical tents at the facility.“Our teams are assisting in triaging emergency cases and managing stabilized patients admitted in the medical tents,” MSF said on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Many said they have no peace of mind inside the tents for fear the"ground will open and swallow us at any moment.” On a barren field in the district of Zinda Jan, a bulldozer removed mounds of earth to clear space for a long row of graves. On Tuesday, U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said Zinda Jan was the worst-affected area, with more than 1,300 people killed and nearly 500 people still reported missing.
Earthquakes are common in Afghanistan, where there are a number of fault lines and frequent movement among three nearby tectonic plates. Afghans are still reeling from recent quakes, including the Zabihullah Mujahid, the main spokesman for the Taliban government, listed the countries that have so far aided the people affected by the quake in Herat, in a statement posted on X.
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