BEGGING FOR BREAD Afghan children line up for bread at a camp after an earthquake in the Gayan district, in Afghanistan’s Paktika province, on Sunday, June 26, 2022. AP PHOTO
BEGGING FOR BREAD Afghan children line up for bread at a camp after an earthquake in the Gayan district, in Afghanistan’s Paktika province, on Sunday, June 26, 2022. AP PHOTO

GAYAN, Afghanistan: The number of children who died in last week's devastating earthquake in southeastern Afghanistan has risen to at least 155, the United Nations said, as the scope of the deadliest temblor to hit the impoverished south-central Asian country in two decades comes into focus.

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