The Embassy of Japan in Afghanistan has announced that this country’s emergency aid to those affected by the earthquake in the north of the country has arrived in Kabul.
The embassy wrote on Saturday, November 8, 2025, on the social media platform X that this shipment of aid includes blankets and mattresses and is scheduled to be transferred to the northern provinces of Afghanistan.
The embassy added that this aid has been delivered to the Afghan Red Crescent Society and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
Kenichi Masamoto, the Ambassador of Japan to Afghanistan, said, “I hope the emergency relief goods will quickly reach those who need them most. The people of Japan express their solidarity with the people of Afghanistan during this difficult time.”
It is worth mentioning that an earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale occurred in the Khulm district of Balkh, and its intensity was felt in most provinces, including Kabul.
The Taliban’s Ministry of Public Health had announced that the number of deaths from the earthquake in northern Afghanistan has risen to 27 people, and the injured to 956 people.
You can read the Persian version of this news here:
کمکهای اضطراری جاپان به آسیبدیدهگان زمینلرزه شمال افغانستان به کابل رسید
