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BF assists quake survivors of Nangarhar
The Bayat Foundation (BF) on Friday rushing tents and foods to Camma district of Nangarhar province hit by a major earthquake this week as hundreds of survivors including children face the harsh Himalayan winter under open skies.
“The Bayat Foundation’s aids will soon reach to other provinces of the country,” Haji Muhammad Ismail, deputy of Bayat Foundation said.
Praising the Foundation’s efforts to assist survivors, Salim Khan Kundozi, governor of Nangarhar said, “The Bayat Foundation is the first aid agency that helped the victim’s families of recent quake in Nangarhar.”
Noor Muhammad Noor, deputy of Nangarhar governor has also called on other aid agencies to reach survivor people as the Bayat Foundation.
A powerful earthquake struck the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan on Monday, killing over 200 people according to local reports and causing widespread damage and panic across much of South Asia.
The casualty count is expected to rise as more information trickles out from the remote and mountainous regions near the with 7.5 magnitude quake’s epicentre about 250km north-east of the Afghan capital Kabul.
The quake, centered on the remote Badhakshan region, struck in the middle of the afternoon, and could be felt in both Kabul and Islamabad, the Pakistani capital. Communications from the affected areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan were disabled hours afterwards.
The earth tremor comes just six months after a quake in Nepal killed nearly 9,000 people and destroyed, or badly damaged, about 850,000 homes.
Tens of thousands of Nepalis are still living in makeshift shelters that will provide little protection for them from the upcoming winter.
Bayat Foundation has been helping poor families in over Afghanistan for the past 13 years,a foundation which could cover more than a million citizens by providing food assistance.
Bayat Foundation has not only assisted foods for the needy families but has built dozens of schools, Hospitals, clinics in different provinces of Afghanistan.
Sources close to Acting Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani tell Ariana News that the U.S. government has removed bounties on several Islamic Emirate officials.
According to the sources, those no longer on the list include Sirajuddin Haqqani, Abdul Aziz Haqqani, and Yahya Haqqani.
Acting Minister of Industry and Commerce, Nooruddin Azizi, and Mohammad Sadiq, Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, met on Saturday to address ongoing trade and transit challenges, stressing the importance of preventing political tensions from impacting economic ties, the ministry said in a statement.
The two officials focused on finalizing the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) and resolving issues related to the Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA), the statement read.
The meeting also discussed the upcoming visit of Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister to Afghanistan and a planned visit by an Islamic Emirate delegation to Pakistan.
The ministry hailed Sadiq’s visit to Kabul as a positive step, with Azizi emphasizing its constructive role in enhancing bilateral trade relations.
Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Mohammad Sadiq met on Saturday and discussed bilateral relations, political and economic cooperation, security and transit, said Zia Ahmad Takal, head of public relations at Foreign Ministry in a statement.
In this meeting, Muttaqi emphasized that obstacles to trade and transit are not in anyone’s interest and that certain issues should not be linked together.
He added that the process of Afghan refugees returning from Pakistan should be carried out gradually and with dignity.
According to the statement, Pakistan’s special representative also acknowledged that ensuring security in Afghanistan benefits both Pakistan and the region.
He committed to introducing measures to facilitate the visa issuance process for Afghan citizens.
Mohammad Sadiq also stated that practical steps will be taken to resolve existing trade and transit challenges.
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