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A large crowd has gathered in Rubat Perzada village, in Injil District, in Afghanistan’s western Herat Province, as residents wait to receive desperately needed aid, one month on from the series of ...
News Afghanistan » Herat » Life: ‘We are left with nothing’: Survivors of Afghanistan earthquake tell of trauma and heartbreak
Zaher walks calmly across what used to be his village, now reduced to piles of rubble. Standing on top of a mound of sand, he locates his home – or rather, what little is left of it. “We used to live ...
News Afghanistan » Herat » Life: ‘Happy Holidays’ in Herat: A Hypothetical Tour Through Taliban Territory
So you decided to vacation in the Afghan province of Herat. Who, you may be asking, would voluntarily spend their holidays in Taliban territory? But I ask that you suspend your disbelief and entertain ...
News Afghanistan » Herat » Life: As global focus moves elsewhere, a humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan worsens
UPDATE: Another 6.3 earthquake hit Herat province on Oct. 15. The latest quake was centered about 19 miles outside the city of Herat and was 4 miles below the surface, according to the U.S. Geological ...
News Afghanistan » Herat » Life: Survivors grapple with aid cuts and the Taliban a year after massive Afghan earthquake
KABUL, Afghanistan — People had just seconds to flee their homes when the terrifying sound of earth cracking open reverberated across western Afghanistan's Herat province. Nobody knows for sure how ...