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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Peter Beaumont and agencies

Fears grow for Afghanistan earthquake survivors left without shelter

A woman holds her baby inside a hospital in Sharana, Afghanistan after the child was injured in earthquake.
A woman holds her baby inside a hospital in Sharana, Afghanistan after the child was injured in earthquake. Photograph: Ali Khara/Reuters

There are growing fears for the health and wellbeing of survivors of Wednesday’s earthquake in Afghanistan, as the death toll rose to 1,150 and the first shipments of international aid arrived in the impoverished country.

“There are no blankets, tents, there’s no shelter. Our entire water distribution system is destroyed. There is literally nothing to eat,” Zaitullah Ghurziwal, 21, told an AFP team that reached his village in Paktika province.

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