More than 1,000 people were killed and tens of thousands left homeless when the quake hit eastern Afghanistan six months ago.
abc.net.au/news/afghanistan-earthquake-paktika-survivors/101794896Afghan 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.
"When I reached here, my mother, brothers, everyone was already buried," Mr Badshah, 21, told AFP, explaining how he rushed back to his village from Pakistan, where he was working. Hundreds of earthquake-resilient concrete homes, many built by local labourers with the support of the United Nations refugee agency, have now been handed over to survivors who were until recently living in makeshift tent cities."We could not afford it. We were living in huts."
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said the new homes are equipped with solar panels, independent toilets, and traditional heaters to help residents face harsh winters.Taliban security were present for the ceremony handing over the homes.
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