Earthquake For Afghanistan Kill 20 People, Wound Over 300

Serious earthquake wey shake northern Afghanistan don kill at least 20 people and injure more than 300, authorities yarn on Monday. Di 6.3-magnitude quake happen overnight, 28km deep near Mazar-i-Sharif city, according to US Geological Survey. Health ministry spokesman Sharafat Zaman talk say na early report but over 20 don die and about 320 don wound across Balkh and Samangan provinces. Residents for Mazar-i-Sharif rush comot for dia houses as di ground shake, fear say di building go collapse. Di popular 15th-century Blue Mosque for di city no escape as part of im minaret break scatter for ground. People for Kabul, wey dey about 420km away, also feel di tremor. Poor road and bad communication system don make e hard for authorities reach remote villages quick to check di full damage.

Dis latest disaster don add join di wahala wey Taliban government dey face since dem take over in 2021. Foreign aid don drop well-well while di country still dey battle hunger, drought, and economic block. Afghanistan don see three major deadly earthquakes under Taliban rule, one 6.0-magnitude quake for east in August kill over 2,200 people, while big tremors for Herat in 2023 and Nangarhar in 2022 also kill hundreds and scatter thousands of houses. UN and aid groups don warn say hunger dey rise serious as millions of Afghans dey pushed back from Iran and Pakistan. Earthquake no new for Afghanistan because e dey sit near Hindu Kush mountain range where di Eurasian and Indian plates dey meet. Most of dia rural houses no strong, and bad roads make rescue teams dey struggle reach remote areas when disaster strike.