A compelling and heart-breaking story has come from the earthquake-struck Afghanistan where a dog repeatedly visits his departed owner's house to see them, but the dog doesn't understand all are dead. The house has completely collapsed too.
After not finding them there, the dog is seen crying.??
Samira SR, an advocacy and communications professional working with the International Rescue Committee, has shared a story that will bring our eyes tears.
What she has tweeted is a picture of a small, furry dog. We may take the dog to be just another 'cute' picture doing rounds on social media if not for the emotion of utter devastation in his eyes. The dog is surrounded by rubble of what must have been a house. To be specific, it is his departed owner's house. The recent earthquake sadly killed all members of the family of his owner. They are long gone, but the dog is not ready to accept this.
According to Samira, the dog comes to the destroyed house every day and cries because it can't see the familiar faces which, till last week, smiled warmly at him. The dog is now being taken care of by neighbours of the departed family. But the loyal dog still searches the rubble, clinging to the hope that he'll see his loved ones anytime, but this sadly will never happen.
"Every person in the house this dog belongs to was killed in the earthquake. Neighbours said they took him with them to feed/take care of. He keeps coming back to the destroyed house and wails. Ochki village in Gayan, Paktika," she said in a tweet while sharing the picture of the dog.
At least 1,000 people were killed, 3,000 injured, and 10,000 homes were destroyed in the 6.1-magnitude earthquake on June 22.
Helping thousands of Afghans is also a challenge for countries that have imposed sanctions on Afghanistan. The United Nations and several other countries have rushed aid to the affected areas, with more arriving over the coming days.
Aftershocks continue to be felt in the area hit by a deadly earthquake in Afghanistan last week, and the area remains unsafe for survivors, a senior Afghan official said as authorities continued to grapple with the disaster's fallout.