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Fear. today, this once prosperous christian community is a ghost town of empty streets, blown-out buildings, gutted shops. everywhere reminders of isis' hatred for everything the town stood for. workers have erected a large cross at one of the main roundabouts to signal the town's liberation, but it's just a symbol. before isis took over this town in the summer of 2014, more than 60,000 people called it home. now, months after it was liberated, only a handful of families has returned. without electricity and running water, without help to get life moving again, most residents are hesitant to r...

>> reporter: the archbishop struggled to represent residents through the trauma but worries the specter of isis still hovers nearby. >> translator: we expected everything in kara koch, theft, damage and destruction, he tells me but arson for us is a message, a threatening message that the idea of isis is still here in the region, and that's what we fear. today, this once prosperous christian community is a ghost town of empty streets, blown out buildings, gutted shops. everywhere reminders of isis' hatred for everything kara cush stood for. workers haverectomied a large cross at one of the mai...