Survivors of an earthquake that struck rural Pakistan earlier this week are still waiting for aid, an effort being hampered because militants in the region have been attacking government troops as they try to deliver relief supplies. The quake, which measured 7.7 in magnitude, has claimed more than 350 lives, injured more than 750, and damaged dozens of homes. Most of the victims were crushed when the walls of their mud brick houses caved in. Residents said the quake hit during the few hours of the day when the village had electricity, so many children were at home watching television.
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A young Pakistani earthquake survivor sits on his belongings beside his collapsed mud house at Labch area in the earthquake devastated district of Awaran on Sept. 26. (Banaras Khan/AFP/Getty Images
People affected from 7.7 magnitude earthquake receive tents in Awaran, Balochistan province on Sept. 26. (Shahzaib Akber/European Pressphoto Agency)
Earthquake survivors recieve food in Awaran, Balochistan province, on Sept. 27. (Shahzaib Akber/European Pressphoto Agency)
A Pakistani girl plays on the doorway of a house which was destroyed in Tuesday's earthquake, in the remote district of Awaran in Baluchistan province, Pakistan, on Sept. 27. Desperate Pakistani villagers in remote areas hit by the massive earthquake this week said they are still waiting for government aid to reach them. (Shakil Adil/Associated Press)
A Pakistani earthquake survivor looks out from her collapsed mud house at Labach area, in the earthquake devastated district of Awaran on Sept. 26. (Banaras Khan/AFP/Getty Images)
A girl affected by the 7.7 magnitude earthquake waits for the relief at her temporary shelter in Awaran, Balochistan province, Pakistan, on Sept. 27. UN chief Ban Ki-moon expressed his condolences and offered UN assistance to Pakistan as separatist threats and difficult access hindered rescue operations in the country's quake-hit southern villages. Rescuers, including over 1,200 military and paramilitary troops, restricted their movements after rebels fired rockets at helicopters and a team of medics was attacked in Awaran district, Balochistan province. (Shahzaib Akber/European Pressphoto Agency
Pakistani earthquake survivors stand outside their tent near collapsed mud houses in the Dhall Bedi Peerander area of the earthquake-devastated district of Awaran on Sept. 27. Tens of thousands of survivors of Pakistan's earthquake waited for help in soaring temperatures as the death toll rose to nearly 350 and anger grew at the slow pace of government aid. More than 100,000 people made homeless by a 7.7-magnitude quake spent a second night in the open or under makeshift shelters as response teams struggled to reach the remote region in the southwestern province of Baluchistan.
Pakistani survivors clear the debris of destroyed houses in the earthquake-devastated district of Awaran on Sept. 25. Desperate villagers in southwest Pakistan clawed through the wreckage of their ruined homes , a day after a huge earthquake struck. (Banaras Khan/AFP/Getty Images)
A girl affected by the 7.7 magnitude earthquake waits to receive medical treatment at a hospital in Awaran, Balochistan province, on Sept. 26. (Nadeem Khawer/European Pressphoto Agency)
A Pakistani woman bathes her child among the rubble of her house on Sept. 27 which was destroyed in the earthquake. Desperate Pakistani villagers in remote areas hit by the massive earthquake this week said they are still waiting for government aid to reach them. (Shakil Adil/Associated Press)