CaptionSabir Hussein Shah holds his son Zeeshan (9), who is being treated after having his arm amputated in a field hospital. The regional capital was close to the epicenter of an earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale, which had shaken the area three weeks previously. Around 70 percent of the city's buildings were destroyed. It was estimated that more than half of those injured throughout the region were children, crushed in their classrooms and homes.
