Ravaged by war and famine for the past two decades, Afghanistan is again facing devastation as the United States plans a military action against Saudi terrorist Osama bin Laden’s training camps in the country. In recent days, tens of thousands of innocent civilians have fled the country, heading to the Iran or Pakistan border, in search for safety
The following images are heart braking…
Suffer the children … A young Afghan refugee pleads with Pakistani police to be allowed to accompany his mother to the hospital after she fainted in a detention center in the Pakistani city of Quetta, near the border between the two countries.
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Residents of Kabul, Afghanistan look for their belongings amid the rubble of their home Thursday Oct. 18, 2001. U.S.-led military strikes in the heart of Afghanistan’s capital continued Thursday. Residents say four children were killed in the bombing of the house. Photo by Amir Shah (AP)
[This message has been edited by Yemeen (edited October 28, 2001).]