Feature: Rescuing with hope 30 hours after deadly quakes in Afghanistan

ZANDA JAN, Afghanistan, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- Struggling on a long ride from Afghanistan's capital Kabul, trucks loaded with food and medicine aid, ambulances and excavators were heading toward the western Herat province, the epicenter of several deadly earthquakes leading to more than 2,000 deaths as of Sunday night.

The road from Kabul to Herat has been destroyed by bombs due to years of war, making the journey much more wearing for drivers, who were still chasing time to take quake-relief materials to destinations. Vehicles with logos of the Afghan Red Crescent Society, the World Health Organization and other organizations could be easily seen along the way.