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JEROME DELAY/AP

Race to Safety
Afghans are fleeing the country as U.S. military strike looms large
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

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. Thousands of civilians and even some Taliban officials have left the country's two cities, the capital Kabul and Kandahar in the south, in recents days


The Famine the World Forgot
Caught between war and natural disaster, refugees from Afghanistan's endless infighting now find themselves further trapped -- by a relentless winter and an aid drought. Photographs for TIME by Alexandra Boulat/Cosmos

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