A Shattered Morning of 2005
Twenty years ago today, a powerful earthquake struck northern Pakistan, leaving a trail of destruction, despair, and death in its wake. The 7.6-magnitude quake, which occurred at 08:50 a.m. on October 8, 2005, devastated Azad Jammu and Kashmir, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa town of Balakot, and parts of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. Yet, two decades later, … Read more