Afghanistan quake destroyed thousands of homes, but UN hasn’t gotten to hundreds of others

Residents from surrounding towns and villages try to reach the quake-hit region to assist survivors after Sunday night's powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck several provinces, in the Nurgol district, Kunar province, eastern Afghanistan, on Sept. 2.

An initial United Nations assessment of the impact of Afghanistan’s recent deadly earthquake found 5,230 homes destroyed and 672 damaged in 49 villages – but the UN hasn’t been able to get to the vast majority of the remote villages.

Shannon O’Hara, the coordination chief for the UN humanitarian office in Afghanistan, said Monday that damaged roads in the country’s rugged and mountainous east where the 6.0 magnitude quake struck have made it extremely difficult to assess the impact in the 441 affected villages. A series of afters