Earthquake: the Taliban beg for help, Switzerland promises 2 million francs
Above all, children among the dead: After the earthquake in Afghanistan, the Taliban government must ask for international help. But the West is grappling with this. Can they be denied to theocracy?
Images of immense destruction: In Afghanistan, the deadliest earthquake in a long time destroyed homes and villages.
Farmer Sadeqeen Hamdard describes the severe earthquake in eastern Afghanistan with a crash reminiscent of a violent thunderclap. Three seconds later, two powerful blows from below would have shaken the earth:
