At least 1,000 people have been killed and more than 1,500 injured after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck a rural, mountainous region and flattened stone and mud-brick homes.
As rescue teams and villagers resumed the search for survivors by digging through rubble with their hands on Thursday, Mohammad Amin Huzaifa, head of the information and culture department in Paktika, said:"People are digging grave after grave."
"I was in my home and the quake happened at 1.30am local time. Everything fell on us and I didn't know at the time what was happening," said Gulak.Two boys sit near their house that was destroyed in the earthquake in Khost Province, Afghanistan "The people are under open sky now. We are asking for help... a lot of people are injured," he added.
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