INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The United Nations and several countries are lining up aid for Afghanistan after a devastating 6.3 magnitude earthquake in the northwest
killed more than 2,000 people, Reuters reported.Below are some facts about the pledges so far, as U.N
agencies try to assess the damage and casualties in Herat province in northwestern Afghanistan.The U.N
humanitarian coordinator has approved a $5 million emergency reserve allocation from the Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund (AHF).It said its
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) will launch and fully process the allocation within 24 hours, with eligible
partners able to utilize their grants effective from Oct
9.The AHF allocations will be depend on receiving additional donor resources, it said, adding that the U.N
partners will also develop an emergency appeal which will be a subset of the existing 2023 humanitarian response plan.Pakistan, Iran and
China have pledged to send in food, blankets, medicines, tents and funds, read the report.Pakistan&s Prime Minister Anwar ul Haq Kakar said
that Kabul had specifically asked for medical teams, field hospitals, tents and blankets, adding that all the requested items were being
dispatched on Monday afternoon, with more relief goods to follow.Iranian Foreign Minister Amir Abdullahian promised humanitarian aid and
expressed his readiness to cooperate with Afghanistan, according to a statement.The Chinese Red Cross Society has pledged $200,000 in aid
which will go to the Afghan Red Crescent, according to Chinese state run news agency Xinhua.The post UN, several nations pledge aid to
Afghanistan after major earthquake first appeared on Ariana News.
