"Some 24 people were killed only in our area. All our houses have been destroyed. Our food items are buried under the debris. We need food and shelter urgently," Kowsar, a resident of the Gyan district in Afghanistan's Paktika province, told DW.
He added that 12 members of his uncle's family were also killed and another eight wounded as a result of the powerful quake, which hit several Afghan provinces.. According to state media, an estimated 1,500 people have been injured and thousands of structures have been destroyed. Afghanistan lacks a proper disaster management mechanism, and with the departure of international aid organizations afterAnas Haqqani, a senior Taliban official, said on Twitter that the government was "working within its capabilities."
The White House said in a statement that President Joe Biden is monitoring developments and had directed"USAID and other federal government partners to assess US response options to help those most affected."Ahmad Tamim Azimi, a spokesman for the Ministry of Disaster Management for Afghanistan's previous government, says that disaster management is not a priority for the Taliban.
But Janat Fahim Chakari, an economic expert, believes that the Taliban legitimacy issue should not hinder the international humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan."Had the earthquake hit the country during the tenure of former President Ashraf Ghani's government, the international community would not have any problem in providing aid. The humanitarian assistance, in my opinion, should not be politicized," Chakari told DW.
But the international community has been reluctant to hand over the funds directly to the Taliban, fearing that they would use the money to buy weapons. For the same reason, Washington has refused to unfreezeThe Wednesday quake has further exposed the issue of trust between Afghanistan's Islamist rulers and the West.. But now they see an opportunity in a crisis.
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