Destruction everywhere, help scarce after Afghanistan quake

Destruction everywhere, help scarce days after Afghanistan quake

A 6 magnitude quake devastated a remote southeast region of Afghanistan and killed at least 1,150 people by authorities’ estimates.

Destruction everywhere, help scarce after Afghanistan quake

The earthquake was the latest calamity to convulse Afghanistan, which has been reeling from a dire economic crisis since the Taliban took control of the country.

Destruction Everywhere, Help Scarce After Afghanistan Quake

When the ground heaved from last week's earthquake in Afghanistan, Nahim Gul's stone-and-mud house collapsed on top of him. He clawed through the rubble in the pre-dawn darkness, choking on dust as he searched for his father and two sisters. He doesn't know how many hours of digging passed before he caught a glimpse of their bodies under the ruins. They were dead. Now, days after a 6-magnitude quake that devastated a remote southeast region of A…

Destruction everywhere, help scarce after Afghanistan quake

Taliban call for foreign assistance and appeal to Washington to unfreeze billions of dollars in Afghanistan’s currency reserves.

Destruction everywhere, help scarce after Afghanistan quake

Cash-strapped Taliban have called for foreign assistance and on Saturday appealed to Washington to unfreeze billions of dollars in Afghanistan’s currency reserves

Destruction everywhere, help scarce after Afghanistan quake

GAYAN, Afghanistan (AP) — When the ground heaved from last week's earthquake in Afghanistan, Nahim Gul's stone-and-mud house collapsed on top of him.