A | ISLAMABAD -- The United Nations' World Food Program on Wednesday appealed for $19 million to provide emergency assistance to tens of thousands of people affected by a series of devastating earthquakes and aftershocks that has rocked western Afghanistan.Ana Maria Salhuana, deputy country director of the World Food Program in Afghanistan, said it was helping survivors but it urgently needed more funding because “we are having to take this food from an already severely underfunded program.”The group said it is working to provide emergency food assistance to 100,000 people in the region.“Disasters like these earthquakes pound communities who are already barely able to feed themselves back into utter destitution," the WFP said.A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck part of western Afghanistan on Sunday, after thousands of people died and entire villages were flattened by major quakes a week earlier. It was the fourth quake the U.S. Geological Survey has measured at 6.3 magnitude in the same area in just over a week.The initial earthquakes on Oct. 7 flattened whole villages in Herat province and were among the most destructive quakes in the country’s recent history.The WFP said staffers responded within hours of the first earthquakes, distributing fortified biscuits, pulses and other food items to affected families in destroyed villages.“An estimated 25,000 buildings have been destroyed," the group said a statement. “The survivors are currently sleeping in tents next to the rubble of their homes, desperate and afraid of further earthquakes and aftershocks.”The latest quake was centered about 30 kilometers (19 miles) outside the city of Herat, the capital of Herat province, and was 6 kilometers (4 miles) below the surface, the U.S. Geological Survey said. More than 90% of the people killed were women and children, U.N. officials said. The quakes struck during the daytime, when many of the men in the region were working outdoors.Taliban officials said the earlier quakes killed more than 2,000 people across the province. The epicenter was in Zenda Jan district, where the majority of casualties and damage occurred.The WFP said affected families will need help for months with winter just weeks away. It said that if there is funding, the emergency response will be complemented by longer-term resilience programs so vulnerable communities are able to rebuild their livelihoods.The UN body was forced earlier this year to reduce the amount of food families receive and to cut 10 million people in Afghanistan from life-saving food assistance due to a massive funding shortfall. In addition to the earthquake response, the WFP also urgently needs $400 million to prepare food before winter, when communities are cut off due to snow and landslides. In Afghanistan, these include communities of women who are being increasingly pushed out of public life.The initial quake, numerous aftershocks and a third 6.3-magnitude quake on Wednesday flattened villages, destroying hundreds of mud-brick homes that could not withstand such force. Schools, health clinics and other village facilities also collapsed.Besides rubble and funerals after that devastation, there was little left of the villages in the region’s dusty hills. Survivors are struggling to come to terms with the loss of multiple family members and in many places, living residents are outnumbered by volunteers who came to search the debris and dig mass graves.Earthquakes are common in Afghanistan, where there are a number of fault lines and frequent movement among three nearby tectonic plates.。 11月1日，市委书记高键到新宾满族自治县第一中学调研教育工作。他强调，要深入学习贯彻习近平总书记关于教育的重要论述和党的二十届三中全会精神，聚焦教育强市目标，补短板、强弱项、提质量，用心用情办好人民满意教育，为实现抚顺全面振兴新突破提供有力支撑。 在新宾满族自治县第一中学，高键实地查看校园基础设施建设，详细了解学校办学理念、师资建设、教学质量和校园安全等情况，随机走进教室，与师生进行互动交流。他勉励学生，要树立远大理想，刻苦努力学习，培养优良品德，锻炼强健体魄，努力成为堪当民族复兴大任的栋梁之材。叮嘱教师，要落实立德树人根本任务，时刻以教育家精神为标尺，坚持教书与育人相统一、言传与身教相统一，注重因材施教，努力培养更多全面发展的高素质学生。 在调研中，高键围绕教育强市建设，认真倾听大家意见建议。
B | 他强调，要深入学习贯彻习近平总书记在全国教育大会上的重要讲话精神，牢牢把握教育的政治属性、人民属性、战略属性，更加重视和优先发展教育事业，充分发挥教育在服务抚顺产业升级、社会转型、城市发展中的先导作用，用高水平教育吸引人、留住人、发展人。要坚持办好人民满意教育，以人民为中心、以问题为导向，持续深化教育领域综合改革，优化区域教育资源配置，扩大优质教育资源供给，加强学校设施建设，建强师资队伍，全面激发学校活力动力，不断提升办学质量和水平。要高度重视校园安全管理，扎实抓好食品安全、消防安全、校车安全等工作，加强校园周边环境治理，确保广大师生人身安全，营造平安有序的教育环境。 新宾满族自治县相关负责人参加调研。 责任编辑：刘春阳。
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