Quake survivors refuse to return

Afghanistan's eastern province of Kunar was devastated by a series of earthquakes and aftershocks. Picture: Hamid Sabawoon/ EPA/ AAP

MASUD: Haunted by fears of aftershocks bringing rocks crashing down from the mountains, the survivors of Afghan earthquakes are vowing not to return to destroyed villages but camp in fields and on riverbanks instead, even without tents to keep off the rain. “We have no shelter, not even a tent,” said 67-year-old farmer Adam Khan, […]

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