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Afghanistan Refugee Camp

  • Refugees in Mikaki Camp, the first refugee camp at the start of the war
  • Women in Mikaki Refugee Camp
  • Man in Saveh refugee camp
  • Women hiding behind her son in Mikaki refugee camp
  • Young boy posing in front of his tent in Mikaki refugee camp
  • Bringing water for making tea
  • A man with his goat
  • Bathing insdie the tent
  • A young girl thinking about her unknown future in her class in the camp
  • Carring a sick woman by donkey to clinic
  • Young bride
  • Playing footbal in sonset
  • Looks like the older sisater is more scared than younger sister
  • Happy with pigeon and gifts
  • Young sisater and brother they walk in thier new place in refugee camp
  • The young girl has to Wash her family clothing
  • Young girl make shadow with her hand

Refugees in Mikaki Camp, the first refugee camp at the start of the war [Permalink]

After September 11th and the start of the war, many Afghans left their home country to seek protection from the violence. One of the first refugee camps on the border with Iran was the Mikaki camp close to the Doost Mohammad Khan border crossing, opposite from Zabol in Iran, south of Afghanistan. The camp was run by the Taliban. I was with the first group of journalist who could get inside the camp. I had just two hours in the very bright day light of the desert .

After a few month another camp was built close by, Mile 46. When I traveled on into Afghanistan, I have seen Maslakh, one of the most terrible refugee camps. I was told, it had a population of 300.000, almost like a city. My Afghan driver was just following me and told me ‘Don’t get close to the people! They have many different diseases.’ Every day a few children died at that camp, and many people were already living there for years.

The other refugee camp, the Iranian authorities let me visit, was Shahid Arbabi

temporary refugee camp in Zahedan on the border to Afghanistan. This camp was set up for illegal refugee who were caught by the Iranian police to be send back to Afghanistan.