KABUL’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) to provide whatever support it can to airlift support to Afghanistan.
In a statement from PM’s media office, Sharif said: “I was deeply troubled upon learning of the devastating avalanches in Afghanistan that have taken hundreds of our Afghan brother and sisters from us. I join you in praying for them and their families.”
The death toll from a series of avalanches and flash floods rose to 260 on Friday, with the bulk of deaths coming from central Panjsher province, where above 200 lost their lives, including women and children.
The Afghanistan cabinet announced a three-day national mourning to express solidarity with families who lost their beloved ones to avalanches in several parts of the country, a statement from the Presidential Palace said on Saturday.
He said that he was am confident that “your (President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani) leadership at this time is of even more importance than during ordinary times.”
He said that the Pakistani people and “our resources stand available to you as always. I also want to assure you that my staff is keeping me apprised of the situation on an hourly basis.”
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