Afghanistan is particularly prone to severe and recurring natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes, erosion, landslides and droughts due to its location and years of environmental degradation. Climate change also threatens the natural resources of Afghanistan, many of whom are Afghanis, they depend on their health. Afghanistan faces significant impacts on climate change and disasters that affect development growth. The country’s low level of socio-economic development puts it at greater risk for disasters, leading to the loss of lives, livelihoods, and public and private property. Since 1980, natural disasters have affected 9 million people and killed more than 20,000 people worldwide.
A powerful earthquake struck a rural, mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, killing 1,000 people and injuring 1,500 on one of the worst-hit airplanes in decades, a government news agency reported. Officials have warned that an alarming rate could already rise. Information is still rare at 6.1 magnitude earthquakes near the Pakistani border, but earthquakes can cause extensive damage in areas where houses and other structures are poorly constructed and landslides are common.
Experts set a depth of just 10 miles just one thing that could lead to mass destruction. The disaster posed a major test for the Taliban-led government, which seized power last year as the US planned to leave the country and end its long-running war, two decades after overthrowing the same terrorists after the 9/11 attacks the answer may be difficult as many international aid agencies left Afghanistan after the Taliban take over. Access to rural areas even in the best of circumstances is still difficult in Afghanistan, a closed country in a country smaller than Texas with mountainous roads that could cause significant damage of the town of Khost.
Buildings were also damaged in the province of Khost, and an earthquake was heard about 375 kilometers (375 km) away from the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. Some have been treated on the floor. One resident seemed to find IV fluid sitting on a plastic chair outside the rubble of his house while others were scattered around the dilapidated stone houses. , their roofs or walls were plastered.
Afghanistan killed at least 4,500 people
The death toll was equal to the 2002 earthquake in northern Afghanistan. These were the deadliest since 1998, when a magnitude 6.1 earthquakes and subsequent earthquake in the far northeast of Afghanistan killed at least 4,500 people. In many parts of the world, an earthquake of that magnitude would not cause as much damage, “said Robert Sanders, a U.S. seismologist Geological Survey. Because of the mountainous terrain, there are landslides and landslides that we will not know until we report back later. He said old buildings were likely to collapse and fail. Because of the thinness of the plateau in that part of the world, we have seen similar earthquakes in the past cause significant damage loyal workers in its former Western-backed government, and it was unclear how officials came to terms with Bakhtar’s injuries.
In Kabul, Prime Minister Mohammad Hassan Akhund convened an emergency meeting at the presidential palace to coordinate relief efforts, and Bilal Karimi, a Taliban deputy government spokesman, wrote on Twitter urging aid agencies to send teams to the area. in Afghanistan, Ramiz Alakbarov wrote on Twitter. That may seem daunting given the current situation in Afghanistan.
After the Taliban invaded the country in 2021, US troops and their allies returned to Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport and later withdrew. Since then, the Taliban have worked with Qatar, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates to re-launch the airport in Kabul and the rest of the country but almost all international carriers are still evading the country, and the reluctance of aid agencies to invest any money Taliban fund could make it difficult to fly .
The Afghan Red Crescent Society, however, sent about 4,000 blankets, 800 tents and 800 kitchen items to the affected area send seven ambulances and crew members to areas near the quake. Fears that the victims will increase, and because more people may be trapped under collapsed buildings, said Stefano Sozza, Afghanistan’s state emergency director. This latest disaster will not exacerbate the state of weakness and economic and social hardships Afghanistan has experienced for months.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif provide aid to Afghanistan
Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif said his nation would provide assistance. At the Vatican, Pope Francis prayed for all the dead and wounded and the suffering of the beloved Afghan people. Some remote areas of Pakistan saw reports of damage to homes near the Afghan border, but it was not immediately clear whether it was due to rain or earthquakes, said Taimoor Khan, a spokesman for the disaster in the area. The European earthquake agency, EMSC, said the quake affected about 300 kilometers (119 million) in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. South Asia’s largest region near the Hindu Kush Mountains has long been at risk of devastating earthquakes.
Project for climate management in Afghanistan
The Risk Development Information System ensures that policy makers, government partners, partner organizations and agencies have access to a range of risk assessments. This informs and co-ordinates development planning, public policy and investment in ensuring the resilience of new and existing resilience to environmental hazards and climate change necessary to protect both health and well-being.
The project therefore supports the construction, understanding and accessibility of risks, exposure, risk and risk information as an integral part of effective disaster and climate management in Afghanistan.With support from the Government of Japan and the Global Facility for Disaster Risk Reduction and in close collaboration with the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Agency, the World Bank has produced a comprehensive study of many risks at the national level, including selected in-depth assessments parts of the world.
