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From Refugee Camps To Lord's: Dizzying Rise Of Afghan Cricket
Millions of Afghans fleeing war have sought refuge for nearly 40 years in camps outside Pakistan's border city of Peshawar, where they have been exposed to the cricketing fever.
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6 Killed In Roof Collapse In Eastern Afghanistan Refugee Camp
An Afghan official says the roof of a shoddily constructed house in a refugee camp in eastern Afghanistan collapsed as a family was sleeping inside, killing 6 family members, including two women and two children.
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Pakistan Plans Talks With Afghanistan, UN Agency Over Refugees' Return
Pakistan plans talks with Afghanistan and the United Nations refugee agency to move longtime Afghan refugees to camps at home, the foreign office said today, after the numbers of those returning plunged this year.
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'Afghan Malala' Speaks Up for Refugee Children
At the age of just 14, Afghan rights activist Aziza Rahimzada has already surmounted legal hurdles preventing 25,000 refugee children from attending school, and cajoled authorities into providing tap water to a camp housing more than 100 families.
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Afghan Women Held Like Prisoners in Camps: Aid Agency
Afghan women and girls uprooted by violence and living in camps in major cities are most vulnerable to abuse by male family members, who treat them like prisoners and sell them "like animals" into marriage, aid agencies said today.
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Afghan Leader Tries to Calm Landslide Victims Amid Aid Tensions
Afghan President Hamid Karzai visited a refugee camp for victims of a deadly landslide on Wednesday, trying to calm villagers angered by the slow delivery of emergency aid and an initial government refusal to help retrieve bodies.
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In grip of cold, Afghan family buries eighth child
The war refugee Sayid Mohammad lost his last son on Wednesday, 3-month-old Khan, who became the 24th child to die of exposure in camps here in the past month. "After we had dinner he was crying all night of the cold," Mr. Mohammad said. The family had no wood and was husbanding a small portion of paper and plastic that his daughter had scavenged th...
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From Refugee Camps To Lord's: Dizzying Rise Of Afghan Cricket
Millions of Afghans fleeing war have sought refuge for nearly 40 years in camps outside Pakistan's border city of Peshawar, where they have been exposed to the cricketing fever.
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6 Killed In Roof Collapse In Eastern Afghanistan Refugee Camp
An Afghan official says the roof of a shoddily constructed house in a refugee camp in eastern Afghanistan collapsed as a family was sleeping inside, killing 6 family members, including two women and two children.
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Pakistan Plans Talks With Afghanistan, UN Agency Over Refugees' Return
Pakistan plans talks with Afghanistan and the United Nations refugee agency to move longtime Afghan refugees to camps at home, the foreign office said today, after the numbers of those returning plunged this year.
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'Afghan Malala' Speaks Up for Refugee Children
At the age of just 14, Afghan rights activist Aziza Rahimzada has already surmounted legal hurdles preventing 25,000 refugee children from attending school, and cajoled authorities into providing tap water to a camp housing more than 100 families.
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Afghan Women Held Like Prisoners in Camps: Aid Agency
Afghan women and girls uprooted by violence and living in camps in major cities are most vulnerable to abuse by male family members, who treat them like prisoners and sell them "like animals" into marriage, aid agencies said today.
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Afghan Leader Tries to Calm Landslide Victims Amid Aid Tensions
Afghan President Hamid Karzai visited a refugee camp for victims of a deadly landslide on Wednesday, trying to calm villagers angered by the slow delivery of emergency aid and an initial government refusal to help retrieve bodies.
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In grip of cold, Afghan family buries eighth child
The war refugee Sayid Mohammad lost his last son on Wednesday, 3-month-old Khan, who became the 24th child to die of exposure in camps here in the past month. "After we had dinner he was crying all night of the cold," Mr. Mohammad said. The family had no wood and was husbanding a small portion of paper and plastic that his daughter had scavenged th...
