Dhaka sends relief supplies to Kabul

On the basis of the Prime Minister’s ‘Integrated Development’ policy, emergency humanitarian assistance was sent today to the people of Afghanistan in response to the catastrophic earthquake.

A C-130J aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force, under the supervision of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and overall management of the Armed Forces, left Dhaka for Kabul at 6:00am with food, clothing and emergency relief supplies.

Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Sheikh Abdul Hannan saw off the pilot and crew of the aircraft, said a press release.

A powerful 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck a remote border region of Afghanistan killing at least 1,000 people and injuring hundreds of people on June 22.

Apart from causing damage to hundreds of establishments, the earthquake caused food, water, housing crisis and lack of emergency medical services.