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Afghan earthquake survivors lack food, shelter as aid trickles in

In some of the worst affected districts, survivors said they were even struggling to find equipment to bury their dead [Ahmad Sahel Arman/AFP]

Survivors of Afghanistan’s deadliest earthquake in more than two decades have been left without food, water, or shelter as they wait in devastated remote villages for aid.

Wednesday’s magnitude 5.9 earthquake in the rugged eastern provinces – which killed at least 1,000 people and destroyed or damaged about 10,000 houses – has downed mobile phone towers and power lines while triggering rock and mudslides which blocked mountain roads.

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