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Afghanistan’s remote and poor villages hardest hit by earthquake

Afghan men examine the damage to their houses on June 23, 2022 after the earthquake in Gayan, Afghanistan [Reuters]

Gayan, Paktika – In the early morning hours of Wednesday June 22, the mud homes in this remote part of southeastern Afghanistan began to tremble and collapse under the force of a 5.9 magnitude earthquake.

Panicked residents tried to wake their sleeping relatives. But for hundreds of families, there was no time.

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