巴基斯坦和阿富汗評估震災損失
Rescuers are working to reach remote areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan rocked by Monday's 7.5 magnitude earthquake that has killed more than 360 people and injured more than 2,200 others in both countries.
救援人員正設法抵達在星期一發生的里氏7.5級地震中受災的巴基斯坦和阿富汗邊遠地區。地震造成兩國一共360多人喪生，2200多人受傷。
The quake struck northern Afghanistan's sparsely populated Badakhshan province, but the toll is the worst in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where officials have confirmed at least 202 people killed and more than 1,486 injured.
地震發生在阿富汗人煙稀少的巴達尚赫省，而死亡人數最多的是巴基斯坦西北部的開伯爾-普什圖省。當地官員確認有至少202人死亡，超過1486人受傷。
While traveling through some of the badly-hit areas Tuesday, VOA witnessed military-led rescue teams busy evacuating injured people and bringing emergency aid to victims in remote mountainous districts.
美國之音記者星期二穿越了一些重災區，看到軍方主導的救援隊忙於疏散受傷羣衆，並將緊急援助送到邊遠山區的災民手中。
In Afghanistan, President Ashraf Ghani tweeted Tuesday that the death toll in his country had risen to 115 killed with 538 others injured in nine provinces. The deaths in Afghanistan include 12 schoolgirls who were killed in a stampede as they rushed out of shaking buildings in Takhar province.
阿富汗總統加尼星期二在推特網站上說，阿富汗的死亡人數上升到115人，另有遍佈8個省份的538人受傷。遇難者中包括12名學童，他們在逃出一座晃動的建築物時發生踩踏而喪生。
Aid officials say getting assistance to all of the quake stricken areas will take time.
援助官員說，將援助送至所有地震災區需要時間。
"Security is a problem overall. When you want to deliver assistance or deploy teams in an insecure area you have to make sure you establish contacts with armed groups, make sure that there is not land mines or military operations on the ground. We’re trying. Right now, in some areas, we are operating in unsecure areas," he told VOA.
阿富汗紅新月會的災害管理負責人對美國之音表示：“總體來說安全是個問題。爲了將援助或者救援隊伍送往一個不安全的地區，就一定要與武裝組織建立聯繫，確保不會遇到地雷或者軍隊行動。”
The Taliban issued a statement urging aid agencies to "not hold back" in their work and ordering the group's fighters to "lend their complete help" to victims.
塔利班發表聲明，敦促救援機構的工作“不要躊躇不前”，並下令該組織武裝人員向災民“提供全面的幫助”。
