Afghanistan earthquake survivors lack food

• Survivors of the earthquake in Afghanistan wait for aid to arrive as they wait for food, shelter and water.
• The disaster has affected over 118 thousand children, according to Save the Children.
• Heavy rain and flooding are making it hard to help those who were hurt.

Many survivors of Afghanistan deadliest earthquake in more than two decades remained without food, shelter, or water on Friday as they waited for aid workers to arrive in devastated communities, with rain aggravating their misery.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 hit India on Wednesday, killing more than a thousand people and making tens of thousands of people homeless.

In some of the worst-affected locations, entire communities have been obliterated, and survivors have said that they are trying to acquire equipment to bury the dead.

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Mohammad Amin Huzaifa, who is in charge of information for the province, said that heavy rain and flooding made it hard to help those who were hurt.

As a result of the collapse of mobile phone towers and power lines, the earthquake has also affected communications.

The quake slammed areas already afflicted by severe rainfall, producing rockfalls and mudslides that wiped out mountain villages perched on dangerous slopes.

In a region where the typical household size is more than 20 people, the number of homes destroyed is alarmingly high, officials say.

“Seven in one room, five in the other room, four in another, and three in another have been killed in my family,” Bibi Hawa told AFP from a hospital bed in Sharan, the capital of Paktika.

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The international organisation stated, “Many children are now most likely without clean drinking water, food, and a safe place to sleep.”