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Wednesday, 19 September, 2001, 21:44 GMT 22:44 UK

In pictures: Afghan crisis

Tensions are rising in the countries bordering Afghanistan as the threat of US-led military action continues to grow.

The ruling Taleban have so far refused to hand over Saudi-born Osama Bin Laden - suspected of being behind the attacks in New York and Washington.

Russians in Moskovsky, 200kms south of Dushanbe, on the Tajik-Afghan border

The pro-Taleban Jamiat-Ulema-i-Islam at an anti-American protest at Jamroud, Pakistan

A Pakistani aid worker gives bread to Afghan refugees at Quetta

An Afghan in Tehran pins up a picture of assassinated opposition leader Ahmed Shah Masood

Members of the pro-Taleban Jamat-Ulemi-Islam protest in Peshawar, Pakistan

Anti-American protest in Dhaka

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