Turkmenistan will provide humanitarian assistance to the population of fraternal Afghanistan affected by the earthquake.
Today Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov stated about this during a meeting with Charge d’Affaires of Afghanistan in Turkmenistan Mohammed Fazel Saber.
As reports the Turkmen Foreign Ministry, Meredov noted that the news of the devastating earthquake in the Afghan provinces with deep sorrow and expressed sincere condolences and feelings of empathy to the people of the country.
An earthquake of magnitude 6,1 was on the night of June 22 in the Afghan provinces of Paktika, Khost, Laghman, Ghazni, Logar and Kabul. According to the latest estimate, at least 1500 people died and another 2000 were injured as a result of the disaster.