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| People affected by an earthquake wait for relief in Gayan village in Paktia Province, Afghanistan, June 23. More than 1,000 people were killed and over 1,500 others injured after a 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit eastern Afghanistan. EPA-Yonhap |
Korea plans to provide emergency humanitarian aid worth $1 million to Afghanistan for victims and others suffering from the effects of an earthquake there earlier this week, according to the government, Thursday.
More than 1,000 people have reportedly been killed in the 5.9 magnitude quake that struck the country's southeastern province of Paktika the previous day.
"The government expresses deep condolences and sympathies to the numerous victims and their families of the earthquake that occurred in southeastern Afghanistan on Wednesday," the foreign ministry's spokesperson Choi Young-sam said in a statement.
The government plans to send the assistance "at the earliest date" possible through international organizations, a ministry official told reporters on the condition of anonymity. (Yonhap)
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