Haunted by the fear that aftershocks could bring rocks crashing down from the mountains, the survivors of Afghan earthquakes vowed not to return to destroyed villages, but camp in fields and on riverbanks, instead, even without tents to keep off the rain.
"We have no shelter, not even a tent," said 67-year-old farmer Adam Khan, leaning on a stick outside his ruined home in the village of Masud in Afghanistan's eastern province of Kunar, devastated last week by earthquakes and subsequent aftershocks.
"It rained last night; we had no place to take cover," he added. "Our biggest fear is the big rocks that could come down at any moment."
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