U.S. not aware of assistance request from Taliban after quake, expects talks ahead

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Division stated it was not conscious of any request for American help from Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities after an earthquake there on Wednesday that killed at the very least 1,000 individuals.

America expects the humanitarian response to the catastrophe to be a subject of dialog between Taliban and U.S. officers within the coming days, State Division spokesperson Ned Value advised reporters.

The dying toll from the earthquake in Afghanistan on Wednesday hit 1,000, catastrophe administration officers stated, with greater than 600 injured and the toll anticipated to develop as info trickles in from distant mountain villages.

(Reporting by Kanishka Singh and David Brunnstrom in Washington; enhancing by Jonathan Oatis)