The United States offered its "heartfelt condolences" to those impacted by Wednesday's devastating earthquake in Afghanistan. "We are deeply saddened by reports of an earthquake in eastern Afghanistan," the Twitter account for the US Embassy in Kabul posted Wednesday. “Deeply grieved to learn about the earthquake in Afghanistan, resulting in the loss of innocent lives,” he wrote. The spokesperson for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wang Wenbin, said he "grieves" over the deaths caused by the earthquake, according to a tweet from the Chinese ambassador to Afghanistan. Turkey's foreign ministry said the Turkish Red Crescent, a humanitarian organization, "which has been operating in Afghanistan, has dispatched humanitarian aid for the earthquake victims in the region."

Source: CNN June 23, 2022 02:25 UTC