Overview
- India’s foreign ministry said food supplies for affected families have been handed over, with spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal posting delivery images and calling India a first responder.
- External affairs minister S. Jaishankar said additional consignments of medicines will reach soon after today’s handover of relief material.
- Jaishankar spoke with Afghan foreign minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi to convey condolences and to review progress in bilateral ties, people-to-people links, and the regional situation.
- Afghanistan’s foreign ministry reported receipt of about 15 tonnes of food aid from India and signaled more assistance in medicines and essentials to come.
- The quake struck Balkh, Samangan and Baghlan provinces, caused damage including to Mazar-i-Sharif’s Blue Mosque, blocked the Balkh–Samangan highway, and left officials reporting more than 500 injuries.