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Monday, 3 December, 2001, 15:17 GMT

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.

Men next to barbed wire fence

Man pulling cart

Old man

Child in wheelbarrow

Soldier talking to boy

Soldier kicking youth

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