One week after a powerful earthquake hit eastern Afghanistan, deliveries of relief supplies are progressing slowly.

The magnitude 5.9 quake struck on June 22 with its epicenter in Khost Province.

The World Health Organization says that by Sunday, 1,036 people had been confirmed dead and 2,949 others injured in Khost and neighboring Paktika Province.

The United Nations Children's Fund says the quake has killed at least 121 children.

The country's Taliban leaders as well as the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies are distributing food and treating injured people.

But many roads to mountainous areas are unpaved. Aid workers say this makes it hard to deliver medical and other supplies.

A spokesperson for the Afghan interior ministry told NHK on Tuesday that the humanitarian crisis can be resolved through mutual help.

The spokesperson called on the international community to provide food, medical supplies and tents.