巴基斯坦和阿富汗评估震灾损失

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.

救援人员正设法抵达在星期一发生的里氏7.5级地震中受灾的巴基斯坦和阿富汗边远地区。地震造成两国一共360多人丧生，2200多人受伤。

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.

地震发生在阿富汗人烟稀少的巴达尚赫省，而死亡人数最多的是巴基斯坦西北部的开伯尔-普什图省。当地官员确认有至少202人死亡，超过1486人受伤。

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.

美国之音记者星期二穿越了一些重灾区，看到军方主导的救援队忙于疏散受伤群众，并将紧急援助送到边远山区的灾民手中。

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.

阿富汗总统加尼星期二在推特网站上说，阿富汗的死亡人数上升到115人，另有遍布8个省份的538人受伤。遇难者中包括12名学童，他们在逃出一座晃动的建筑物时发生踩踏而丧生。

Aid officials say getting assistance to all of the quake stricken areas will take time.

援助官员说，将援助送至所有地震灾区需要时间。

"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.

阿富汗红新月会的灾害管理负责人表示：“总体来说安全是个问题。为了将援助或者救援队伍送往一个不安全的地区，就一定要与武装组织建立联系，确保不会遇到地雷或者军队行动。”

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.

塔利班发表声明，敦促救援机构的工作“不要踌躇不前”，并下令该组织武装人员向灾民“提供全面的帮助”。