Source: CCTV news client
Original title: The main station directly attacked 丨 Visit the village of Sekakiya in Paktika Province, which was the hardest hit by the earthquake in Afghanistan
At about 14:30 local time on June 23, a reporter from the Central Radio and Television Corporation arrived at the village of Sekagiya in Paktika Province, which was the hardest hit by the earthquake in Afghanistan, for a field visit.
In the early morning of the 22nd local time, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurred in eastern Afghanistan. The main station reporters traveled for more than a dozen hours to Paktika, one of the hardest-hit villages in Paktika province, the village of Sergian. Helicopters could be heard in the air and the local government was transporting the wounded.
It is reported that an important reason for the large number of casualties in this earthquake is that the earthquake occurred late at night, most people are still asleep, and the construction conditions in rural areas of Afghanistan are relatively general.
According to the village chief, the village originally had 3,000 families living in the village, but now more than half of the houses have become dangerous houses, many families no longer live here, and they have locked the doors of the houses. The roads in the village, which were once uneven, have become more rugged and difficult to walk. At present, some people in this village have moved to the fields to set up tents, and some have moved to shelters in the mountains.
On the afternoon of the 23rd local time, Haqqani, acting minister of the Ministry of The Interior of the Afghan Provisional Government, came to this village to comfort the victims. The reporter saw in a family that the whole house had collapsed into shape, but the traces of their life here seemed to be still there: fans, pots and pans, children's clothes, toys.
Since most of the relief supplies needed in Paktika are delivered from other provinces, the neighbouring province of Paktia is also about a 7-hour drive to reach the province. At the same time, due to the mountainous nature of Paktika Province, the road is very narrow and only allows one vehicle to pass, which makes it impossible for many vehicles carrying relief supplies to pass normally, and most of the wounded need to be transported by helicopter to the capital Kabul and the neighboring provinces of Paktia and Khost.
On the afternoon of the same day, the reporter also saw an ambulance distributing medicines to the victims. Some residents said they had lined up for a long time but had not yet received the medicines they wanted. Local doctors also said that due to the currently high temperature in Pactika province, there is a greater possibility of a plague. (Reporters Jiang Haoyu, Li Shuangxi, Yang Yuan)
Editor-in-charge: Shi Tingyu