Survivors of a powerful earthquake that demolished homes in Afghanistan are now struggling to find shelter as they contend with heavy rainfall and the looming winter cold.

Their concerns are shared by those who survived an even more devastating earthquake two months earlier.

The latest magnitude 6.3 tremor struck the northern provinces of Samangan and Balkh, killing at least 27 people, according to Taliban authorities.

In Samangan’s Khulm district, where the earthquake was centred, a resident named Gulabuddin is grieving for his daughter-in-law, who could not escape the family home in time. Gulabuddin himself sustained a head injury from falling debris.

“We lost all of our belongings,” he told the AFP news agency. “Winter is coming. We have children aged four and five. Where can we g

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