11.   Many of the mud huts that dot the region collapsed in the quake or during the scores of aftershocks.

12.   Many of mud huts that dot the region collapsed in the quake or in scores of aftershocks.

13.   Sandbag bunkers dot the region.

14.   The rebels, hiding in the caves that dot the region, usually surface at night to carry out small attacks on Russian patrols.

15.   The region is now dotted by police roadblocks built of cinderblocks and sandbags.

16.   The region is dotted by poor villages and mud huts near the Afghan border.