United Nations: $173 million is needed to deal with earthquake victims in western Afghanistan

According to the regional office Tasnim News, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid in Afghanistan (OCHA) announced that more than 173 million dollars are needed to help the victims of the earthquake in Herat by March 2024. It includes October of this year and March of next year.

Ucha stated that relief organizations urgently need this amount of money to take care of 275 thousand people who were affected by the earthquakes in Herat.

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According to the latest assessments, the Herat earthquake has directly affected 48 thousand 347 families in 382 villages of this province, whose number of people reaches 275 thousand.

Ucha also announced that the earthquake Successive hails have damaged the villages of “Anjil”, “Keshk”, “Zandejan”, “Golran”, “Gazah”, “Ghorian”, “Karkh” and “Kohestan” cities of Herat province.

Office The UN humanitarian aid coordinator in Afghanistan added: Injil and Zindajan cities suffered the most damage in these earthquakes, and almost a third of all victims are in Injil and most of the destroyed houses are in Zindajan.

This United Nations body stated that as the winter season approaches, families in the earthquake-affected areas need shelter, winter clothes, warm blankets and heating equipment to prevent exposure to the cold winter weather.

Ocha said: Earthquake victims also need food, health services, drinking water and cash aid.

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