At least 1,000 people were killed and at least another 1,500 were injured after a magnitude 5.9 earthquake rocked eastern Afghanistan.
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An earthquake rocked eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least 1,000 people, injuring 1,500 more and destroying homes and other buildings in the rugged, mountainous region.
Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada told the state-run Bakhtar News Agency the death toll from the magnitude 5.9 temblor near the Pakistani border was likely to rise. Hundreds of homes and other buildings were destroyed, he said.
The quake, centered 25 miles southwest of Khost, struck at about 1:24 a.m. local time, when many people were sleeping in their homes. The European seismological agency estimated the earthquake’s tremors were felt over 300 miles by 119 million people across Afghanistan, Pakistan and India.
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As far i know india already offered all kind of help.
Nature showing them their own misdeeds. Aren’t they ones who have killed thousands of non Muslims and their own girls and women.
2 days back they destroyed Sikh temple and now their country is destroyed by an Earthquake.
Don't give them a penny. They'll spend it on weapons and stuff to do horrible things with.
— On February 11, US President Joe Biden announced the allocation of $3.5bn belonging to the Afghan people to cover lawsuits by 9/11 families. The USA stole Afghanistan money to pay Saudi Arabias dept to the victims of 911 we can't do anything to the Saudi cause we need their oil and the Petro dollar. Give them their money back! I don't want to hear shit about the money we wasted in Afghanistan that went to the military industrial complex.
Regardless of their past, it's still okay to have sympathy for them right now. Not everybody who died was an a$$hole. This is why humans are so rawr all the time, because people stopped caring.
And that's super sad. RIP to those who lost their lives and sincere condolences to those suffering right now. 🙏❤️
They are asking for help to the international community not just the USA. I am sure that Russia and China will help.
The poor Taliban should run for their lives. The ground will eat all of them and will send them to HELL
Hehehehaw
are you people nuts ?give money to help them ??hell to the know this is life and if every one here in america who has so much money they can give it to people who killed and did harm to us then you live there help them do what ever . not reality to think any one or peoples can save the world from any thing that happens
International community should help them. They are already struggling hard .
Hey, is anyone helping with the flooding here in Montana, of course not.
🙏🏻
Obviously, this is a tragedy and I do feel for the families and loved ones who are left behind to mourn. The Taliban are not known for being great advocates of Human Rights, in fact they are very acomplished and proficient at barbaric executions, torture and murder. Extreme conditions must be included with any offer of assistance, for instance:- 'a total ban on any weapons within a 5 mile perimeter', there must be top level security for all foriegn first responders, furnished by the UN. With no interference from any Armed Groups.
They kept on bombing up the damn place ,what do they expect the bomb shook up the earth causes the EARTH TECTONIC PLATES to shift and that causes the earthquake! The same thing is going to happen in Ukraine too ,with all that bombing it’s going to shake up the the earth Tectonic plates ! The way some people treat the earth you would think they have another place to go when they destroy it ! 🙄
Mother nature attack them since they been behaving bad
Why don't they just pray to their God? I'm sure he can help them
Karma for killing hindus and sikh in kabul gurudwara temple
Time to send over some planes, and finish what mother nature started
God's punishment.
So satisfying 🤩🇮🇳❤️
I am feeling so much happy for them 😂👍
F the taliban. Get help from other islam countries. Not a single penny better be sent over there from the US.
Guess who will help? China
You shouldn't murder people GOD said, "THOU SHALL NOT KILL" THAT MURDER!
DRUGS HE DOESN'T LIKE THAT EITHER.
My deepest condolences to families of all those who lost their lives. Its very sad man
Ha ha
Where is your god to help you?….Judges 10:13-14…But you have forsaken me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you. Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you when you are in trouble!
Tell them to sell some of millions of dollars worth of equipment the US left behind they've been playing around with. The Taliban would like to see us all dead, and everyone else there dropped their guns and surrendered the country that we spent billions of dollars and two decades giving them back. Frick em all. Too bad the quake didn't swallow the whole country. Every American, regardless of political affiliation, should show up at the white house to drag Biden out in the street if he gives those terrorists a dime.
Talibans killed many people. It's your punishment. Die you all, talibans . Die . Nobody will help u . We don't help murders terrorists. We hate afganistan.
Hahaha talibans die die .
Let allah and imams and all mullahs with b0mb jackets save them
Talibanland
What’s coming is bad
It’s a tragedy and my heart goes out to the families affected. BUT I love how the Taliban torture, maimed, murdered, set fire and executed, so many people. Probably more than a thousand over their decades of oppression OF THEIR OWN PEOPLE!!!!! They took back Afghanistan and executed a lot of the government that was in place. They wanted to have the responsibility, gods great land. Now all of a sudden they want help from the nations that they curse to death? Look inwards Taliban, look inwards, you ironic idiots.
We are gunna give them money and it’s gunna straight to nuclear armament. LMAO
What happened where is Allah? No US Aid we have given more than enough. Ask the Taliban to have a yard sale they can sell off US Vehicles and Equipment. NO American should go there as more than likely some will be killed by fanatics.
😞so unexpected for all of those affected🙏🏽
Let’s pray that things change for women in Afghanistan the disrespect the disregard for life maybe that’s gods message get it right Afghanistan get it right humanity let’s pray 🙏🏼❤️😥
ahahahaha ironic
is this a big joke? what a BIG shame, where is this so-called "TAIWAN CAN HELP", where is it? Afghanistan lost more than 1,000 lives and only INDIA, South Korea, Pakistan, and Japan CAN HELP.