Special
Report
UNHCR Chief Sadako Ogata's Visit
To Afghanistan
Taleban fighters stand guard at the Afghan-Iran
border town of Islam Qala, 128 kilometers northwest of Herat, where
refugees are returning to Afghanistan. Reuters
Afghans who fled their villages rest at a
refugee camp, in Herat, northwestern Afghanistan from adjacent
villages after a severe drought hit the area. Taliban officials setup
a camp and appealed for help from the international community. U.N.
High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Sadako Ogata also visited
Herat and held talks with Taliban officials. AP Photo
Sadako Ogata, second from left, the U. N. high
commissioner for refugees, crosses the border from Afghanistan into
Iran at Taybad crossing. Ogata traveled to an Afghan refugee camp in
northeastern Iran, part of regional tour to highlight the plight of
2.6 million Afghan refugees. Under an agreement between the UNHCR and
Iran to regulate repatriation, Afghan refugees had six months
beginning in April to come forward and sign up for repatriation or to
make a case for staying in Iran. AP
Photo
Two Afghan refugee children walk in front of
portraits of Iranian late spritual leader Ayatollah Khomeini, right,
and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, on the border of
Iran and Afghanistan at Taybad. AP
Photo
Afghanistani girls who fled their villages with
their families are photographed at a refugee camp, in Herat,
Afghanistan from adjacent villages after a severe drought hit the
area. Taliban officials setup a camp and appealed for help from the
international community. AP
Photo
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