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‘People were buried under their homes’: Afghanistan earthquake survivor whose home was destroyed

An estimated 1,000 people have died because of the earthquake that has devastated eastern Afghanistan.

Scroll Staff
Jun 24, 2022 · 01:15 pm

A military helicopter lands in #Afghanistan's Paktika province to evacuate civilians after a powerful earthquake that has so far killed at least 1,000 people@AFP

pic.twitter.com/Vnz5eksA1z

— Randa HABIB (@RandaHabib) June 23, 2022

VIDEO: Deadly Afghanistan earthquake leaves people buried under homes

"When I came out of my house it was all quiet because all the people were buried...": Zaitullah Ghurziwal was awake when an earthquake in eastern Afghanistan destroyed his home #AfghanistanEarthquake #Paktika pic.twitter.com/d14gm3k79F

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) June 23, 2022
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