BBC News | SOUTH ASIA | In pictures: Afghans flee Kunduz

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Tuesday, 20 November, 2001, 17:14 GMT

Refugees are streaming out of the besieged city of Kunduz in northern Afghanistan, which has been pounded for days by American B52 bombers.

Refugees who have reached safety told the BBC that hardline Taleban troops inside the city are not allowing any more civilians to leave.

Afghan refugees leave the village nearest to the front line in the Kunduz province

Fleeing the town of Khanabad, where US planes bombarded Taleban positions

Refugees who fled Khanabad pass by Northern Alliance soldiers

Women wearing burqas take a boy with them as they flee Kunduz

An Afghan refugee boy from Kunduz wearing a big coat

Refugees from Kunduz try to keep warm near the front-line town of Khanabad

A father and a daughter who fled Kunduz

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