With little aid, Afghanistan's quakes spell 'inter-generational' crisis

Ariba Shahid, Mohammad Yunus Yawar and Sayed Hassib, Reuters Earthquakes that flattened villages in eastern Afghanistan this month destroyed homes and livestock, the only assets owned by most families, leaving survivors with almost nothing to rebuild as aid runs thin. At least 2,200 people were killed and more than half a million affected when a powerful earthquake struck the region on the night of Aug 31 followed by a series of strong aftershocks. The quakes have left tens of thousands of people homeless, with some fearing further landslides. Abdul Ghafar, 52, has been living with his family of 10 under a tarpaulin sheet in Bamba Kot, a village in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, since the quakes struck. The walls of...