In pictures: Afghan refugee misery

Tens of thousands of Afghan refugees are still fleeing the US-led air-and-ground campaign in south-eastern Afghanistan as the coalition closes in on Kandahar.

While development agencies meet in Islamabad to plan the reconstruction of Afghanistan, many of its citizens face more immediate challenges.

Fleeing Afghans find a hostile reception at the border with Pakistan

Many refugees have brought with them everything they could salvage from their homes

Now across the border, but an uncertain future remains

The United Nations says some 8,000 Afghans have escaped into Pakistan in the last week

Some children, tired, hungry and irritable, sometimes need special attention from the border guards

Instant justice from a Pakistani guard for a man accused of trying to seduce young refugee girls