'Don't send us back', scared Afghan quake survivors ask

Herat, Afghanistan (AFP) Oct 20, 2023

Afghan earthquake survivor Negar could hardly bear a single night in her half-demolished village, for fear of more aftershocks, before she asked to be sent back to the city. Negar is one of thousands who have fled their homes after a series of earthquakes with magnitudes measuring between 4.2 and 6.3 jolted western Afghanistan this month, killing at least 1,000 people. Fifty-year-old Ne