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EU provides €1M aid, 130 tonnes relief for Afghanistan quake victims
This money will go to humanitarian partners that are already carrying out relief operations on the ground.
Following the strong earthquake that hit north-eastern Afghanistan, the EU has approved €1 million in humanitarian emergency funding to address the most urgent needs of the affected population.
This money will go to humanitarian partners that are already carrying out relief operations on the ground.
In addition, the EU will donate around 130 tonnes of relief supplies from its own humanitarian stocks. This includes essentials such as tents and other shelter items, clothes, medical supplies and material to purify water. The supplies will be delivered via two EU-funded humanitarian flights that are scheduled to arrive to Kabul later this week.
The EU has been organising humanitarian flights to Afghanistan since 2021, including several following the deadly 2023 earthquake in Herat, which have already carried approximately 2000 tonnes of live-saving items.