Afghanistan earthquake: India sends aid as death toll crosses 800 — shocking photos tell story of destruction, misery
India has sent relief materials to earthquake-stricken Afghanistan, where a magnitude-6 quake caused significant destruction and over 800 fatalities. Rescue operations are ongoing in Kunar province, with medical personnel assisting the injured as locals sift through the rubble of collapsed homes.
India sent relief materials to earthquake-impacted Afghanistan on Monday, September 1. A massive rescue operation was underway in Afghanistan, after a strong earthquake and multiple aftershocks flattened homes in a remote, mountainous region, killing more than 800 people, the Taliban authorities said.
Civil defence workers, locals, and army soldiers prepare to evacuate injured victims of an earthquake that killed hundreds and destroyed numerous villages in eastern Afghanistan, in Mazar Dara, Kunar province, on Monday, September 1.
People take refuge in a field after a deadly magnitude-6 earthquake that struck Afghanistan around midnight, in Dara Mazar, in Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 1.
Afghan medical officers and Taliban security personnel carry stretchers for evacuated earthquake victims upon their arrival for medical assistance in Jalalabad on September 1.
Afghan men search for their belongings amidst the rubble of a collapsed house after a deadly magnitude-6 earthquake that struck Afghanistan around midnight, in Dara Mazar, in Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 1.
A truck gets ready to transport Indian aid to earthquake-hit Afghanistan.
A military helicopter carrying injured victims of an earthquake that killed hundreds and destroyed villages in eastern Afghanistan takes off in Mazar Dara, Kunar province, Afghanistan, on September 1.
Local residents gather around a military helicopter that landed to evacuate injured victims of an earthquake that killed many people and destroyed villages in eastern Afghanistan, in Mazar Dara, Kunar province, Afghanistan, on Monday.
Residents gather around military helicopters that landed to provide help and evacuate injured victims from Mazar Dara, Kunar province, Afghanistan, on September 1.
People gather to evacuate injured victims of an earthquake that killed many people and destroyed villages in eastern Afghanistan, in Mazar Dara, Kunar province, Afghanistan, on Monday.
An injured person is carried to a military helicopter that landed to evacuate victims of an earthquake that killed many people and destroyed villages in eastern Afghanistan, in Mazar Dara, Kunar province, on Monday.
Civil defence workers, locals, and army soldiers prepare to evacuate injured victims of an earthquake that killed hundreds and destroyed numerous villages in eastern Afghanistan, in Mazar Dara, Kunar province, on Monday.
Injured victims of an earthquake that killed many people and destroyed villages in eastern Afghanistan are evacuated by military helicopter in Mazar Dara, Kunar province, Afghanistan, on Monday.
A military helicopter carrying victims of an earthquake that killed hundreds and destroyed villages in eastern Afghanistan takes off in Mazar Dara, Kunar province, Afghanistan, on Monday.