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Caught in the Crossfire
Afghan civilians and refugees are the unfortunate victims of the war between the U.S. and the Taliban


Hamidullah Gul, injured during the U.S.-led military strikes in Afghanistan, lies in a hospital bed in Quetta, Pakistan, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2001. The boy and members of his family were injured in their home in Rozgan Wiliat, an outlying district of the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, a Taliban stronghold that has come under round-the-clock bombardment.

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