Afghan survivors get new homes six months after deadly quake

Barmal District, Afghanistan (AFP) Dec 20, 2022

Labourer Rasool Badshah has moved into a new home six months after a deadly earthquake rocked eastern Afghanistan, but without his mother, who was killed by collapsing walls. More than 1,000 people were killed and tens of thousands made homeless after the 5.9-magnitude quake - the deadliest in Afghanistan in nearly a quarter of a century - struck the impoverished province of Paktika on Jun