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

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

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