IN PICS: India Sends Relief Package For Afghanistan After Earthquake Rattles The Country

Over 1,000 people were killed and over 1,500 injured after an earthquake of magnitude 6.1 jolted parts of Afghanistan in the early hours of Wednesday, aside from which several people were displaced. (Image Source/Twitter:@MEAIndia)

India being the first true responder has dispatched 27 tons of emergency relief assistance in two flights for the people of Afghanistan, according to a MEA press release. (Image Source/Twitter:@MEAIndia)

Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi has also tweeted that the first consignment of India's earthquake relief assistance for the people of Afghanistan has reached Kabul and has been handed over by the Indian team there. (Image Source/Twitter:@MEAIndia)

The relief assistance consists of essential items including family ridge tents, sleeping bags, blankets, sleeping mats, etc. (Image Source/Twitter:@MEAIndia)

In response to the humanitarian needs of the Afghan people, India has dispatched several shipments of humanitarian assistance consisting of 30,000 MTs of wheat, 13 tons of medicines, 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine and winter clothing, according to PTI. (Image Source/Twitter:@MEAIndia)

According to the US Geological Survey, USGC, the earthquake struck about 44 km from the city of Khost, near the Pakistani border. (Image Source/Twitter:@MEAIndia)