China news agency, Brussels, October 10 (Reporter De Yongjian) After the earthquake in northwest Afghanistan killed more than 2,000 people, the European Union announced on the 10th that it would provide emergency assistance of 3.5 million euros to help the local affected people tide over the difficulties.
According to the announcement issued by the European Commission on the same day, the EU will provide 2.5 million euros in aid to humanitarian partners who are providing disaster relief in Afghanistan, and will also allocate 1 million euros worth of materials from the EU’s humanitarian warehouse in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The announcement said that the EU will provide emergency shelter, tents, sanitary products and other materials to the affected people in Afghanistan through humanitarian partners; At present, it is planned to open a "humanitarian air corridor" to airdrop these materials to the earthquake-stricken areas in northwest Afghanistan.
The announcement shows that the EU has provided 12.4 million euros of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan this year, including this round of 3.5 million euros of emergency aid. However, all aid is only allocated to Afghanistan through humanitarian partners, not directly to the Afghan ruling authorities.
According to the China Seismological Network, two earthquakes of magnitude 6.2 occurred in the northwest of Afghanistan on October 7, with a focal depth of 10 kilometers. The epicenter was located in Zindajan District, Herat Province in western Afghanistan. According to statistics from the disaster management department of Herat province, as of October 8, the earthquake killed at least 2,445 people, and 13 villages in Jindazhan district alone were completely destroyed.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said on the 9th that the number of earthquake victims is expected to rise as the search and rescue and assessment work continues. The United Nations has deployed assessment teams to the disaster-stricken areas, provided blankets, warm clothes, food, hygiene products and other materials, and approved the allocation of 5 million US dollars from the Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund to support earthquake relief.
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