India has said it is ready to provide assistance and support to the people of Afghanistan in their hour of need after a devastating earthquake killed nearly 1,000 people, destroyed houses and displaced several in the country.
The 5.9 magnitude quake struck the Central Region of Afghanistan early Wednesday (June 22) morning and four districts in Patika province — Gayan, Barmala, Naka and Ziruk - as well as Spera district in Khost province, have been affected.
"At the outset, I express our deepest condolences to the victims and their families, and to all those impacted by the devastating earthquake in Afghanistan," India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T. S. Tirumurti said at a Security Council briefing and consultations on Afghanistan on June 23.
