More than 50 aftershocks hit Japan after a strong earthquake

Aftershocks hit Japan, a day after a strong earthquake killed at least one person, while officials continued Saturday to assess the damage caused by the destruction of a number of buildings.

On Friday, a 6.5-magnitude earthquake hit the center of Ishikawa at a depth of 12 km, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

More than 50 aftershocks occurred on Saturday morning, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency, which warned that heavy rains could trigger landslides in the area.

And the Japanese Disaster Management Agency reported Saturday that there were at least 29 injured.

Some residents were seen clearing rubble in the rain after their wooden houses were partially destroyed.

More than 30 families in Suzhou have been affected by the water outage, officials said Saturday, noting that the city provided temporary public supplies after running water turned brown in parts of the district.

Japan is constantly exposed to earthquakes due to its location in the "Ring of Fire" in the Pacific Ocean, which is experiencing high seismic activity. This region extends from Southeast Asia to the Pacific basin.

Rockets bombard Kabul airport upon the departure of the Taliban foreign minister

The Afghan newspaper "Hasht-e subh" reported that Kabul airport was subjected to missile strikes during the departure of Amir Khan Mottaki, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the interim government formed by the "Taliban" movement, to Pakistan.

According to the data available to the newspaper, at least three airport employees and several passengers were injured as a result of the bombing, but the minister himself was not injured.

The newspaper indicated that the unknown attackers targeted the airport with three missiles, and the shelling focused on the VIP lounge and the passenger lounge at the airport.

The newspaper said that the incident took place on Friday, after which the security apparatus of the "Taliban" movement prevented taking videos and photos to prevent information from being leaked to the media.

For his part, Afghan National Television reported that Minister Mottaki nevertheless traveled and arrived in Islamabad, where he will meet with the foreign ministers of Pakistan and China to discuss trade and economic cooperation, as well as cooperation in the field of regional security.