PESHAWAR: The provincial administration of Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which borders Afghanistan, said on Friday it would provide full assistance to injured Afghans following a devastating earthquake that flattened entire settlements and killed about 2,200 people in the neighboring country on Tuesday.
A powerful magnitude-6.0 quake struck eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province near the Pakistan border, causing widespread destruction across five provinces and collapsing thousands of homes.
Since then, a number of aftershocks have rattled the region, intensifying fears among residents of further destruction.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur visited the Afghan consulate in Peshawar on Friday, expressing sorrow over the loss of life and signing the condolence book.
“The provincial administration will provide every possible assistance to the affected,” he said according to a statement issued by the KP government.
