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Afghan survivor: If another quake doesn’t kill us, poverty might

Afghan people spread their clothes out to dry on dried on shrubs near the ruins of houses damaged by an earthquake in Bernal, Paktika province [File: Ahmad Sahel Arman / AFP]

Gayan, Afghanistan – When a magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan last week, Naqib lost his home and nearly his whole family. His parents and four siblings now lie buried on a hilltop overlooking the remote district of Gayan in hard-hit Paktika province. The 11-year-old now only has one sister, Nesab, who is four.

The little girl is glued to his side, quietly listening as her brother recalls the June 22 disaster.

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