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A powerful earthquake struck a remote border region of Afghanistan overnight, killing at least 1,000 people and injuring 1,500 others, officials said on
Bibi Hawa's face is covered in tears as she tries to make sense of her predicament from a hospital bed in Sharan, the capital of Afghanistan's Paktika province.
A powerful earthquake jolted a remote border region of Afghanistan overnight killing at least 1,000 people and injuring 1,500 more, officials said Wednesday, with the toll expected to rise as desperate rescuers dig through collapsed dwellings.
"It was a horrible situation," recalls Arup Khan, 22, talking of the moments after the quake. "There were cries everywhere. The children and my family were under the mud."
Afghanistan Earthquake: Desperate rescuers battled against the clock Thursday under pouring rain to pull survivors from the rubble after a powerful quake struck a mountainous border region of Afghanistan, killing at least 1,000 people.