Afghan refugees in Pakistan

Tuesday, July 07, 2009

  • Afghani girl refugee in PakistanAn ethnic Uzbek girl, a refugee from Afghanistan, in the Shamshatoo refugee camp near Peshawar, Pakistan. Photo: Paul Jeffrey/ACT.
  • Afghan girl medical examinationAn Afghan refugee girl is examined by a physician from the Islamic Relief Society upon crossing the border at Chaman into Pakistan. Photo: Paul Jeffrey/ACT.
  • Afghan boy refugee in PakistanAfghan refugee children work long hours to help their families survive. Near Shamshatoo camp, this boy works in a brickyard. Photo: Paul Jeffrey/ACT.
  • Afghan refugees in PakistanAn Afghan refugee family crosses the border into Pakistan at Chaman. Photo: Paul Jeffrey/ACT
  • Afghan refugees in PakistanAn Afghan refugee girl waits on the bus at the Jalozai refugee camp near Peshawar. She is being relocated by the UN to a camp closer to the Afghan border. Photo: Paul Jeffrey/ACT
  • Afghan refugee boysAfghan refugee children at Jalozai, Pakistan, wait for their transfer to a new refugee camp on the border. Photo: Paul Jeffrey/ACT.
  • Refugees at JalozaiA UN worker checks who gets on the buses taking Afghan refugees from the squalid camp at Jalozai to a new camp closer to the border with Afghanistan. Photo: Paul Jeffrey/ACT.
  • Afghan refugee manAn Afghan refugee in Quetta. Refugees are willing to work for less, thus driving down wage levels and fueling resentment among Pakistanis. Photo: Paul Jeffrey/ACT.
  • Afghan girls at school in PakistanAfghan girls, denied an education under the Taliban, study in a school for refugee children in Quetta, Pakistan. Photo: Paul Jeffrey/ACT.
  • Afghan refugee in PakistanTwo Afghan refugee children work making a carpet inside their family’s tent in the Shamshatoo refugee camp outside Peshawar, Pakistan. Photo: Paul Jeffrey/ACT.