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Afghanistan is hit by another earthquake, days after tremor that killed over 2,000
(www.nbcnews.com)
These people can’t get a break can they.
this post was submitted on 11 Oct 2023
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Being born in Afghanistan anytime since 1980 has just been so unlucky. Their state has not known peace since Russia first invaded, through the current brutal Taliban rule.
Mother Nature’s just pilling on at this point.
they need to pray harder
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Wednesday’s quake has injured at least 80 people and a landslide has blocked the main Herat-Torghondi highway, Information Ministry spokesman Abdul Wahid Rayan said.
But there were no deaths initially reported in Chahak because people have taken shelter in tents this week, fearing for their lives as tremors continue to rock Herat.
Villagers are distraught over the loss of their homes and livestock, often their only possessions, and worry about the coming harsh winter months.
In Naib Rafi, a village that previously had about 2,500 residents, people said almost no one was still alive besides men who were working outside when the quake struck.
On a barren field in the district of Zinda Jan, a bulldozer removed mounds of earth to clear space for a long row of graves.
“It is very difficult to find a family member from a destroyed house and a few minutes to later bury him or her in a nearby grave, again under the ground,” said Mir Agha, from the city of Herat, who had joined hundreds of volunteers to help the locals.
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