His village, Mandatah, was one of four in eastern Afghanistan hit this month by Pakistani airstrikes, Afghan officials said, killing at least 45 people, including 20 children.Īmong them were 27 of Qudratullah’s relatives - an almost incomprehensible loss. Behind him, four more children were sprawled across the pale earth, their lifeless frames soaked in blood. His 3-year-old nephew stood in the yard, sobbing. The front of the modest house where his relatives lived was a pile of rubble. Thick plumes of black smoke and dust filled the air. Confused, he staggered to the doorway of his mud brick home, looked outside and froze. in the mountainous borderlands of eastern Afghanistan when a deafening thud jolted Qudratullah awake. MANDATAH VILLAGE, Afghanistan - It was nearly 3 a.m.
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