"We can't go home out of fear", says 42 year-old Ghulam Sakhi as he sits on a sidewalk in Herat, following several earthquakes which have jolted western Afghanistan this month, leaving more than 1,000 dead and many more homeless. A little further away, tents have been erected to take in people from affected villages who were left homeless. The WHO says nearly 20,000 people have been affected by the earthquakes. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES