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6.6 Mag Earthquake Jolts Afghan, Tremors Felt In North India, Pakistan
Afghanistan Earthquake: Survivors Struggle For Food and Shelter Amidst Cholera Fears
Huge earthquake hits Afghanistan as tremors felt in India and Pakistan
Survivors of Afghanistan's deadliest earthquake in two decades say they have nothing to eat, no shelter, and fear a possible cholera outbreak.
BBC 22 MAR 2023
The BBC's Secunder Kermani reports from Paktika province, the hardest hit by the disaster.
Searching through the debris, in what is left of his family home, Agha Jan's eyes well up with tears.
"These were my sons' shoes," he says, brushing the dust off them. His three young children and two wives were killed in the earthquake as they slept.
As the tremors struck in the early hours of Wednesday, Agha Jan rushed towards the room where his family was staying.
"But everything was under the rubble," he tells the BBC. "Even my shovel. There was nothing I could do. I called out to my cousins to help but when we pulled my family out, they were already all dead."
The area around Agha Jan's village in Barmal district, Paktika province, is one of the worst affected by the earthquake, in which around 1,000 people are believed to have been killed and 3,000 more injured.
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