Afghan - Pakistan Earthquake

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The massive 7.5 earthquake that hit remote areas in Afghanistan and Pakistan on Monday has killed at least 370 and left thousands homeless.

Rescue efforts have been hindered by the challenging mountainous region and security issues, risking the lives of many survivors.

Pakistani earthquake survivors take refuge at a damaged house in the quake-hit Shangla district in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Oct. 28.

A young Afghan injured in the Oct. 26 7.5 magnitude earthquake, receives medical treatment, in Baghlan, Afghanistan Oct. 27.

Pakistanis warm themselves round a fire outside their home destroyed in the earthquake, in Reshun, Chitral valley, Pakistan, Oct. 28.

Pakistani men remove debris from their damaged house following an earthquake in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on Oct. 28.

A family clears rubble from their house after it was damaged by an earthquake in the Behsud district of Nangarhar Province on Oct. 28.

People remove debris from their house a day after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake in Panjsher, Afghanistan, Oct, 27.

A Pakistani woman, who lost her two grandsons in Monday's earthquake, mourns as she sits on the rubble of her destroyed home, in Jinjara village in Chitral, a district of Northern Pakistan, Oct. 28.

Pakistan army soldiers rescue injured victims of earthquake, in Chitral, Pakistan, Oct. 27.

A man retrieves a washing machine stuck in the rubble after a roof collapsed during the aftershocks following Monday's earthquake, in Peshawar, Pakistan Oct. 28.

A man salvages his belongings from a damaged home a day after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Oct. 27.

Pakistani soldiers move an injured child to an ambulance after being airlifted from Chitral, at Peshawar airbase in Pakistan, Oct. 27.

A man removes his belongings from a house damaged by massive earthquake in Mingora, the main town of Swat Valley, Oct. 27.

Local residents stand in their house which was cracked after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake in Panjsher, Afghanistan, Oct. 27.

Afghan relatives sit alongside the coffins of schoolgirls after they were killed in a stampede following an earthquake at Takhar Province on Oct. 27.

Pakistani villagers stand outside their houses destroyed from an earthquake in Shangla in Swat Valley, Pakistan, Oct. 28.

A man carries an injured girl to a military helicopter after an earthquake in Taloqan, Afghanistan Oct. 27.

A boy, who was injured during an earthquake, receives first aid at the Lady Reading hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan Oct. 28.

A Pakistani takes a picture of his damaged home a day after a 7.5 magnitude earthquake, in Swat Valley, Pakistan, Oct. 27.

Men look for their belongings after an earthquake, in Kishim district of Badakhshan province, Afghanistan Oct. 27.

Children stand at the entrance gate to their house after an earthquake, in Farkhar district of Takhar province, Afghanistan Oct. 27.

A man clears rubble from the roof of his house after an earthquake, in Behsud district of Jalalabad province, Afghanistan Oct. 27.