Waterloo Region Record

Destruction everywhere after 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 darkness, choking on dust as he searched for his father and two sisters. He doesn’t know how many hours passed before he caught a glimpse of their bodies under the ruins. Now, days after a 6-magnitude quake that devastated a southeast region of Afghanistan and killed at least 1,150 people by authorities’ estimates, Gul sees destruction everywhere and help in short supply.

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