"Stoori was pulled out from under the rubble of his house in Kunar province after it was destroyed by the magnitude 6 earthquake which struck on the night of August 31. But the guilt of not being able to save his wife haunts him. I barely had enough time to pull out the body of my dead wife and place her on the rubble of our collapsed home before my children and I were evacuated, the grief-stricken 40-year-old farmer says."
"Authorities say about 2,200 people have been killed and more than 5,000 homes destroyed in eastern Afghanistan, most of them in Kunar province, where houses mostly built from wood and mud bricks crumbled in the shocks of the quake. Stoori, who only gave one name, is now staying with his children in a sprawling evacuation camp 60km (37 miles) from his village in Khas Kunar. My village has become a graveyard. All 40 families lost their homes."
A magnitude 6 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan on the night of August 31, killing about 2,200 people and destroying more than 5,000 homes. Kunar province suffered the heaviest damage, where timber-and-mud-brick houses collapsed. About half a million people were affected and thousands were displaced, many with nowhere to shelter as winter approaches. Evacuation camps shelter families in tents provided by international NGOs, with access to water, sanitation, two small clinics, and an ambulance. Workers are extending water piping and converted former U.S. military warehouses serve as government emergency coordination offices. Survivors report personal loss, injuries, and destroyed villages.
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