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Hope dwindles for survivors days after deadly Afghan quake

WORLD NEWS
03-09-2025 14:36 HKT
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Afghan men search for their belongings amidst the rubble of a collapsed house after a deadly magnitude-6 earthquake that struck Afghanistan around midnight, in Dara Mazar, in Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 1. REUTERS/Stringer
Afghan men search for their belongings amidst the rubble of a collapsed house after a deadly magnitude-6 earthquake that struck Afghanistan around midnight, in Dara Mazar, in Kunar province, Afghanistan, September 1. REUTERS/Stringer
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