'We are homeless': Victims of twin Afghan quakes await aid

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QADIS, AFGHANISTAN - Survivors of twin earthquakes in Afghanistan were waiting Wednesday for aid to arrive after spending their second night exposed to sub-zero temperatures following tremors that k

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illed at least 22 people and wrecked homes.jolted Qadis district in the western province of BadghisThe United States Geological Survey said two earthquakes hours apart of magnitudes 4.9 and 5.3 rocked the district, a rural area not easily accessible by road.

"We lost everything that we had. We are homeless. Everything is buried under the rubble," Mr Abdul Rahman, a survivor whose house in Qadis was damaged, told AFP late Tuesday. One man, his face covered in mud, could be seen walking through the debris carrying an infant, as clothes, carpets and household items lay scattered around.

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