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Thousands left homeless by Afghanistan quake

Sahel Arman, AFP

Posted at Jun 24 2022 10:14 AM

Thousands homeless after Afghan quake

An Afghan man stands beside a door of a house damaged by an earthquake in Bermal district, Paktika province, on Thursday. Desperate rescuers battled against the clock and heavy rain to reach cut-off areas in eastern Afghanistan after a powerful earthquake killed at least 1,000 people and left thousands more homeless.