Agony: A boy who was injured in the 7.5 magnitude earthquake receives medical treatment at a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan
The Taliban today called a truce to allow aid agencies to push ahead with emergency relief after a massive quake hit Pakistan and Afghanistan, killing more than 350 people.
The
toll was expected to rise as search teams reach remote areas that were
cut off by yesterday's 7.5-magnitude quake, which triggered landslides
and stampedes as it toppled buildings and severed communication lines.
Relief
operations to assess the damage have been hindered by an unstable
security situation that has left much of the affected areas unsafe for
international aid workers and government troops.
But
the Taliban, which have stepped up their Islamist insurgency against
the Western-backed government in Kabul this year, indicated they would
not stand in the way of aid efforts.
A
man and his son clear rubble from their house after it was damaged by
an earthquake in Behsud district of Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
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