5,000 FEARED DEAD 20,000 HOMELESS; Afghanistan suffers new earthquake hell.(News) From: The Mirror (London, England) | Date: March 27, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2002 MGN LTD. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: MARK ELLIS, Foreign Editor

A HUGE aid mission was underway in Afghanistan last night after an earthquake killed up to 5,000 and left 20,000 homeless.

The quake, measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale, tore across a remote area of Baglan province, 100 miles north of Kabul.

Mud-brick houses close to the epicentre at Nahrin were flattened as tremors rippled just 40 miles below the ground.

Five other villages on the slopes of the Hindu Ku...

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