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Baradar promises Herat earthquake victims that their homes will be rebuilt
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) deputy prime minister for economic affairs said on Tuesday that all government departments and aid agencies are coordinating with each other to help the victims of the earthquake in Herat and that rescue teams are working to pull victims out from under the rubble.
Baradar assured the people during a press conference after visiting the earthquake affected areas that humanitarian aid will be distributed to all quake-affected areas fairly.
“The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has deployed all available resources to save the victims, and all relevant ministries and departments are working to provide urgent aid, and we have seen that they have been delivering,” Baradar said.
He called on international aid organizations and national businessmen to continue sending aid to the earthquake-affected areas. He also assured the people that homes destroyed by the earthquake will be rebuilt.
“The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) assures that the destroyed houses, which are about 1,000 to 1,500 houses, will be rebuilt with baked bricks,” Baradar said.
Herat officials said local people had played a key role in helping the victims of the earthquake. National businessmen and local aid organizations also sent food, clothes and drinking water to the earthquake affected areas.
“Our businessmen and wealthy people at home and abroad contacted us and delivered bread, water and blankets,” Noor Ahmad Islamjar, the governor of Herat, said.
Meanwhile, the Herat Chamber of Commerce and Investment assured the people that it will cooperate with the government in building houses.
“We want to heal the pain of these people with you. The private sector and chambers are ready to solve their housing problem together with the government,” Mohammad Yunus Qazizadeh, head of the Herat Chamber of Commerce and Investment, said.
According to the government, more than 1,000 people died and more than 2,000 people were injured in Saturday’s string of earthquakes in Herat.
US Vice President JD Vance said on Friday that Joe Biden administration left about $80 billion worth of military equipment in Afghanistan, which was a “catastrophic error.”
Vance made the remarks during a visit to a military base in Greenland.
He also said the Biden administration’s “catastrophic error” led to the deaths of 13 US soldiers in an attack during the evacuation at Kabul airport in August 2021.
Earlier, US President Donald Trump also criticized the abandonment of military equipment in Afghanistan and called for its return.
The Islamic Emirate, however, has said that the weapons left by the US in Afghanistan belong to the Afghans and will not be returned.
The Supreme Court announced on Saturday that based on the ruling of the supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate, 2,463 prisoners have been pardoned and released on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr.
The court said in a statement that the prison terms of another 3,152 prisoners have been reduced.
Eid in Afghanistan will be celebrated on Sunday or Monday, depending on the moon sighting.
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs on Saturday announced that feasibility studies of dams in four provinces of the country will begin this solar year.
The Economic Commission, led by Deputy PM Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, in its recent meeting decided to include the survey and feasibility projects of Grumby Dam in Maidan Wardak, Qara Tiri Dam in Balkh, Shana Nari Dam in Kandahar, and Wuch Nari Dam in Paktia in the budget for the fiscal year 1404.
In the meeting, the issues of construction of the Kandahar bypass highway, construction of Arghistan Dam, 90 km of electricity line from Kabul to Jalalabad, and completion of Sheikh Misri substation in Jalalabad were also discussed, and it was decided that the Ministry of Finance will allocate the revenues obtained from the Ganda Kotal lead and zinc mine in Yakawlang district of Bamyan province to these projects.
The Economic Commission meeting also approved a plan for the private sector’s investment in a 40 megawatts solar power generation project in the Hesar Shahi Industrial Park in Nangarhar province. According the plan, the private sector will invest $50.69 million in the project.
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