On the 26th, Afghan Chinese enterprises held a donation ceremony in Khost, the capital of Khost Province in eastern Afghanistan. The Aynak copper mine project of China Metallurgical Corporation donated disaster relief materials to the earthquake stricken areas. It is reported that the first batch of materials delivered this time include rice, flour, edible oil and tea. Ahmed jawadsaleh, the representative of MCC's Aynak copper mine project, expressed the hope that the donated materials could provide emergency assistance to the people in the disaster areas. Mohamed Salim Haqqani, special representative of the Minister of national disaster management and humanitarian affairs of the interim government of Afghanistan, said at the donation ceremony that the materials donated by Chinese enterprises will be quickly transported to the disaster area and distributed to 800 local affected families. Fazir Mohammed, head of the disaster management and Humanitarian Affairs Department of Khost Province, thanked Chinese enterprises for their assistance in his speech. He said that the Chinese people have provided much-needed materials to the people in the disaster stricken areas at the critical moment. On the 22nd of this month, Afghanistan suffered the worst earthquake in more than 20 years, and the eastern Khost and Paktika provinces were severely affected. The earthquake has killed at least 1500 people, injured more than 2000 people and destroyed more than 3000 houses. After the earthquake, the Chinese government decided to provide 50million yuan of emergency humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan. (Xinhua News Agency)