“Construction of houses for the earthquake victims in Paktika Province, Barmal District, is going on at full speed. Construction of 1,200 houses is underway in the said area,” tweeted Zebihullah Mücahid, the spokesman of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

“The officials say that the works will be completed by the end of the month and they will be handed over to the homeless families,” Mücahid added.

د پکتیکا ولایت برمل ولسوالۍ کې زلزله ځپلو ته د کورونو د جوړېدو چارې په چټکۍ سره روانې دي.
په یاده سیمه کې د (۱۲۰۰ ) بابه کورونو د جوړېدو چارې روانې دي چې د مسؤولین وینا د ژمې له را رسېدو سره به یې کارونه بشپړ شي او د استوګنې لپاره به يې بې سرپنا کورنیوته وسپاري.ان شاءالله pic.twitter.com/ZfFr2iV9a2

— Zabihullah (..ذبـــــیح الله م ) (@Zabehulah_M33) October 8, 2022

On June 22, A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck southeastern Afghanistan at 01:24:36 AFT. It affected the provinces of Paktika and Khost, and parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

At least 1,163 people died and more than 6,000 others were injured throughout eastern Afghanistan and western Pakistan, making it the deadliest earthquake of 2022 and the deadliest in Afghanistan since 1998.

More than 10,000 homes had collapsed or were severely damaged. The earthquake was very destructive relative to its magnitude, due to its shallow hypocenter underneath a densely populated area prone to landslides, in which low-quality buildings made of wood and mud are not earthquake-resistant.

The Gayan and Barmal districts of Paktika Province were the most affected, with at least 238 and 500 deaths, respectively.

In Gayan, approximately 1,800 homes, or 70 percent of the district's homes, were destroyed. Three days later, a magnitude 4.2 aftershock killed five persons and wounded 11 more in Gayan District. (ILKHA)