Following the strong earthquake that hit north-eastern Afghanistan, the EU has approved €1 million in humanitarian emergency funding to address the most urgent needs of the affected population.

Axar.az reports according to official website of EU, this money will go to humanitarian partners that are already carrying out relief operations on the ground.

In addition, the EU will donate around 130 tonnes of relief supplies from its own humanitarian stocks. This includes essentials such as tents and other shelter items, clothes, medical supplies and material to purify water.

The supplies will be delivered via 2 EU-funded humanitarian flights that are scheduled to arrive to Kabul later this week.

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck late on August 31 near the city of Jalalabad in Afghanistan. According to the latest data, the death toll exceeds 1,400 people.