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AFGHANISTAN
– DEPRIVATION & MISERY OF WOMEN & CHILDREN REFUGEES OF MAZAR-e SHARIF
July 2015 - Thousands of Afghans have fled their homes
amid a fierce Taliban offensive in the country's north. Many of those displaced
have escaped to the northern province of Balkh, the region of Mazar-e Sharif,
and the where they face a life of misery and squalor in makeshift refugee camps
and shelters.
Homayra, a widow carrying her paralyzed child, lives in a
makeshift refugee camp outside Mazar-e Sharif, Balkh Province.
Faizia (left), Homayra’s mother-in-law, lost her husband
when their home was bombed. She was blinded by a piece of shrapnel.
Thousands of families from across northern Afghanistan
have fled to Mazar-e Sharif, the provincial capital.