Following a recent earthquake in Herat, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced that the Russian Defense Ministry has dispatched two special flights to transport about 40 metric tons of humanitarian supplies to Afghanistan.
“On November 11, humanitarian cargo weighing some 40 metric tons was delivered to Kabul by two special flights of the Russian Defense Ministry on behalf of the Russian government and the Moscow-based Afghan Business Center,” Russia’s diplomatic agency said in a statement on its website.
“Therefore, Russia continues to provide humanitarian assistance to the friendly Afghan people affected by a recent devastating earthquake in Herat,” Russia’s Foreign Ministry added.
On October 7, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center said that an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 had struck Afghanistan. The epicenter was located ten kilometers below sea level, 42 kilometers northwest of the 272,000-person city of Herat, which serves as the provincial capital. The Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority reports that over 2,400 locals perished and at least 2,000 were injured.
