S.Korea to provide $1 million in humanitarian aid to earthquake-hit Afghanistan

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Published: Jun 23, 2022, 06:07 UTC

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea plans to provide $1 million in humanitarian assistance to victims of an earthquake in Afghanistan that killed 1,000 people, Seoul's foreign ministry said on Thursday.

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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea plans to provide $1 million in humanitarian assistance to victims of an earthquake in Afghanistan that killed 1,000 people, Seoul’s foreign ministry said on Thursday.

The magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck early on Wednesday about 160 km (100 miles) southeast of Kabul in arid mountains dotted with small settlements near the border with Pakistan.

(Reporting by Soo-hyang Choi; Editing by Christopher Cushing)

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