A powerful earthquake struck western Afghanistan again on Sunday, making it the fourth to hit the impoverished region since 7 October, causing more suffering for families left with little to survive on as the hard winter approaches, UN agencies have reported.

A scene of utter devastation in a village in Zinda Jan district, Afghanistan. Almost all homes in the village were destroyed in the October earthquakes. UNICEF/Khayyam
A scene of utter devastation in a village in Zinda Jan district, Afghanistan. Almost all homes in the village were destroyed in the October earthquakes. UNICEF/Khayyam

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