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Afghanistan: Earthquake Survivors, Aid Agencies Accuse Military Commanders Of Looting One of the survivors, Husain Sediqi, lost three of his children in the disaster and is now living with his wife and three surviving children in a tent donated by the UNHCR refugee organization beside the rubble that was once their home.
Sediqi says commanders from the Northern Alliance forces -- which helped oust the Taliban and occupied the Nahrin area after the militia's defeat -- took large amounts of supplies from the aid agencies with promises to deliver them to survivors. But instead, he says, the commanders have either distributed the supplies to their own supporters or simply sold them for profit.
Similar complaints were voiced by many of the survivors in Nahrin, who are still sifting through the rubble of their homes to salvage anything of value. The heat during the day intensifies the stench of dead animals still buried beneath the rubble. At night, the tents provide little protection from near-freezing temperatures.