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“Women and girls are traumatized” after earthquake shatters communities in eastern Afghanistan

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Late on August 31 a magnitude 6+ earthquake shook the eastern region of Afghanistan, with over 2,200 people confirmed dead and thousands injured so far © UNFPA Afghanistan / Mohammad Haroon Mudaser

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