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Afghanistan earthquake leave trail of devastation

The full scope of destruction is becoming clearer nearly a week after a devastating earthquake struck in the country's southeast. Survivors there were already just scraping by before the quake hit, and now they are struggling to get aid.

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TOPSHOT - Damaged houses are pictured following an earthquake in Gayan district, Paktika province on June 22, 2022. - The 5.9-magnitude quake, which killed at least 1,000 people, struck hardest in the rugged east, where people already lead hardscrabble lives in the grip of a humanitarian crisis made worse since the Taliban takeover in August. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

Aid teams struggle to reach quake region in Afghanistan 24.06.2022

Men walk next to World Food Programme (WFP) trucks with aid after an earthquake in Gayan district, Paktika province, on June 24, 2022. - Many survivors of Afghanistan's deadliest earthquake in more than two decades were on June 24 without food, shelter and water as they waited in devastated villages for relief workers to reach them, with rain compounding their misery. (Photo by Ahmad SAHEL ARMAN / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD SAHEL ARMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Afghanistan quake: Taliban plea for international aid 26.06.2022

An Afghan man sits near his house that was destroyed in an earthquake in the Spera District of the southwestern part of Khost Province, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 22, 2022. A powerful earthquake struck a rugged, mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, killing at least 1,000 people and injuring 1,500 more in one of the country's deadliest quakes in decades, the state-run news agency reported. (AP Photo)

Afghanistan: Earthquake survivors recount horror 23.06.2022

epa02771863 (FILE) An Ausaf newspaper photograph dated 08 November 2001 shows Saudi-dissident Osama bin Laden's deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri at his hide out at an undisclosed location in Afghanistan. The United States will regret its killing of Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri said in a video that surfaced on the internet 07 June 2011. In his first statement since bin Laden was killed on 02 May, al-Zawahiri said, 'Now you rejoice over the martyrdom of Sheikh Osama bin Laden, the holy warrior, but also you will regret it.' In the nearly 30-minute video, he said Washington was happy about the death of Saddam Hussein, but that Iraq then fell into the hands of mujahideen, or holy warriors. It is not clear if he is now the leader of al-Qaeda. EPA/AUSAF NEWSPAPER / HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY ++ +++ dpa-Bildfunk +++

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