Turkey to send earthquake relief to Afghanistan

According to a tatement issued by Prime Ministry Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), 11 rescue teams are preparing to go to Afghanistan in an international emergency call.

“After the 7.5- magnitude earthquake which was centred in the mountainous Hindu Kush region, rescue teams were put on full alert.” a Ministry press release stated. The official statement said that 20 additional teams may also be sent to the disaster region.

At least 100 people have been killed and thousands injured in Pakistan and Afghanistan after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake shook southern Asia on early Monday afternoon (9:32 GMT.) The death toll, which includes 76 in Pakistan and 24 in neighboring Afghanistan, could climb in coming days because communications were down in much of the rugged Hindu Kush mountain range area where the quake was centred.