Authorities had to redeploy resources already in the field following deadly quakes last Saturday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
More than 2,000 were injured when multiple earthquakes levelled thousands of homes north-west of the city of Herat days earlier.Taliban soldiers walking in a cemetery of victims of the recent earthquake in the district of Zinda Jan, in Herat, Afghanistan.
“It’s horrible. The whole of Herat is terrified,” said 32-year-old Abdul Qudos. “We are so scared that even when we see trees moving , we think it’s another earthquake coming.” The quake was followed by aftershocks measuring 5.0 and 4.1, but an AFP reporter said damage in Herat city – home to more than half a million – was minimal.
At Herat Regional Hospital, patients were being treated in an outdoor courtyard. Ambulances were arriving on Wednesday morning, but most people’s injuries appeared to be minor. Local and national officials have given conflicting counts of the number of dead and injured. The Disaster Management Ministry said 2,053 people have died.
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