and my bed began to shake, shabir tells us. the ceiling fell down. i was trapped, but i could see the sky. my shoulder was dislocated and my head was hurt, but i got out. i m sure seven or nine people from my family who were in the same room as me are dead. at the hospital in the city of sharana, patients are treated for their wounds. there s a fight to save lives, but thoughts are already turning to what happens next. shelter is now a crucial need, because all the houses have been collapsed. food, medicine, you know? i mean, human things that are really, really essential. the scale of this disaster is hard to comprehend. all these people have gathered to donate blood in case it is needed, but whole villages have been flattened. this is just the start
the injured to hospital. there was a rumbling, and my bed began to shake, shabir tells us. the ceiling fell down. i was trapped, but i could see the sky. my shoulder was dislocated and my head was hurt, but i got out. i m sure seven or nine people from my family who were in the same room as me are dead. at the hospital in the city of sharana, patients are treated for their wounds. there s a fight to save lives, but thoughts are already turning to what happens next. shelter is now a crucial need, because all the houses have been collapsed. food, medicine, you know? i mean, human things that are really, really essential. the scale of this disaster is hard to comprehend. all these people have gathered to donate blood in case it is needed, but whole villages have been flattened.
afghanistan, which is governed by the militant islamist taliban, is already in the grip of a humanitarian disaster, with millions facing famine. the taliban have asked for international aid. our correspondent secunder kermani is in sharana, the capital of paktika province, where casualties from the earthquake are being cared for. a desperate search for survivors. hundreds of homes, entire communities, wiped out in a single dreadful moment in the middle of the night. everything here has been destroyed, says the man filming this video. the villages worst affected by this earthquake are in remote south eastern afghanistan. with no paved roads, helicopters were used to transport some of the injured to hospital. there was a rumbling, and my bed began to shake, shabir tells us.
communities, wiped out in a single dreadful moment in the middle of the night. the villages worst affected by this earthquake are in remote south eastern afghanistan. with no paved roads, helicopters were used to transport some of the injured to hospital. there was a rumbling, and my bed began to shake, shabir tells us. the ceiling fell down. i was trapped but i could see the sky. my shoulder was dislocated and my head was hurt, but i got out. i m sure seven or nine people from my family who were in the same room as me are dead. at the hospital in the city of sharana, patients are treated for their wounds. there s a fight to save lives, but thoughts are already turning to what happens next. shelter is now a crucial need, because all the houses
of the night. the villages worst affected by this earthquake are in remote south eastern afghanistan. with no paved roads, helicopters were used to transport some of the injured to hospital. there was a rumbling, and my bed began to shake, shabir tells us. the ceiling fell down. i was trapped but i could see the sky. my shoulder was dislocated and my head was hurt, but i got out. i m sure seven or nine people from my family who were in the same room as me are dead. at the hospital in the city of sharana, patients are treated for their wounds. there s a fight to save lives, but thoughts are already turning to what happens next. shelter is now a crucial need, because all the houses have been collapsed. food, medicine, you know?