Afghan men walk on the rubble of a damaged house in Mazar Dara on Tuesday following a deadly earthquake that has killed more than 1,400 people.

Ottawa says it is evaluating ways to assist Afghanistan after a deadly earthquake, a challenge made more difficult by the fact that the country is governed by the Taliban – a designated terrorist organization under Canada’s Criminal Code.

The Taliban first appealed for international aid after one of the central Asian country’s worst earthquakes killed more than 1,400 people and injured more than 3,100 earlier this week. A second quake struck Tuesday.

The disaster is further stretching the resources of the war-torn nation’s Taliban administration, already grappling with a sharp drop in foreign aid .

Canada doesn’t provide aid to the Taliba

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