UAE expresses solidarity with Afghanistan over deadly earthquake

The UAE has expressed its solidarity with Afghanistan after a quake of magnitude 6 killed more than 600 people and injured over 1,000. 

In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) conveyed the UAE’s sincere condolences and sympathy to the families of the victims, and wished the injured a speedy recovery.

Images from Reuters Television showed helicopters ferrying out the affected, while residents helped soldiers and medics carry the wounded to ambulances.

The quake razed three villages in Kunar, with substantial damage in many others, authorities said. At least 610 people were killed in Kunar with 12 dead in Nangarhar, they added.