In the overcrowded Jalozai camp, 80,000 refugees from Afghanistan endure squalid conditions. Decades of political instability and drought have driven millions over the border into Pakistan, overwhelming the existing camps. By June, Jalozai could not cope with the numbers, and food and shelter were scarce. Although relief workers tried to provide basic health services, children died from disease or dehydration. Eight months later, the United Nations closed the camp, moving refugees to other areas.

In the overcrowded Jalozai camp, 80,000 refugees from Afghanistan endure squalid conditions. Decades of political instability and drought have driven millions over the border into Pakistan, overwhelming the existing camps. By June, Jalozai could not cope with the numbers, and food and shelter were scarce. Although relief workers tried to provide basic health services, children died from disease or dehydration. Eight months later, the United Nations closed the camp, moving refugees to other areas.

Pakistan. The body of a 1-year-old boy who died of dehydration is prepared for burial at Jalozai refugee camp in northwest Pakistan. According to Muslim tradition, the male family members wrap the child’s body in a white funeral shroud. In this case it was the child’s father, his uncle and an imam. The family, originally from North Afghanistan, had sought refuge from political instability and the consequences of drought in Pakistan. At the time, nearly one-fourth of the world’s refugees were from Afghanistan. The Jalozai camp was extremely overcrowded and under-maintained. By June, 80,000 Afghan refugees lived there in squalid conditions, with little food or shelter. Many children died as a result of disease or dehydration.

In the overcrowded Jalozai camp, 80,000 refugees from Afghanistan endure squalid conditions. Decades of political instability and drought have driven millions over the border into Pakistan, overwhelming the existing camps. By June, Jalozai could not cope with the numbers, and food and shelter were scarce. Although relief workers tried to provide basic health services, children died from disease or dehydration. Eight months later, the United Nations closed the camp, moving refugees to other areas.

In the overcrowded Jalozai camp, 80,000 refugees from Afghanistan endure squalid conditions. Decades of political instability and drought have driven millions over the border into Pakistan, overwhelming the existing camps. By June, Jalozai could not cope with the numbers, and food and shelter were scarce. Although relief workers tried to provide basic health services, children died from disease or dehydration. Eight months later, the United Nations closed the camp, moving refugees to other areas.

A child is being weighed in a Médecins sans Frontières clinic. In the overcrowded Jalozai camp, 80,000 refugees from Afghanistan endure squalid conditions. Decades of political instability and drought have driven millions over the border into Pakistan, overwhelming the existing camps. By June, Jalozai could not cope with the numbers, and food and shelter were scarce. Although relief workers tried to provide basic health services, children died from disease or dehydration. Eight months later, the United Nations closed the camp, moving refugees to other areas.

Food distribution in the overcrowded Jalozai camp, where 80,000 refugees from Afghanistan endure squalid conditions. Decades of political instability and drought have driven millions over the border into Pakistan, overwhelming the existing camps. By June, Jalozai could not cope with the numbers, and food and shelter were scarce. Although relief workers tried to provide basic health services, children died from disease or dehydration. Eight months later, the United Nations closed the camp, moving refugees to other areas.

Near Jalozai refugee camp, Pakistan, children play in waste water from the city of Peshwar. Summer temperatures reach 50 degrees Celcius. In the overcrowded Jalozai camp, 80,000 refugees from Afghanistan endured squalid conditions. In the overcrowded Jalozai camp, 80,000 refugees from Afghanistan endure squalid conditions. Decades of political instability and drought have driven millions over the border into Pakistan, overwhelming the existing camps. By June, Jalozai could not cope with the numbers, and food and shelter were scarce. Although relief workers tried to provide basic health services, children died from disease or dehydration. Eight months later, the United Nations closed the camp, moving refugees to other areas.

In the overcrowded Jalozai camp, 80,000 refugees from Afghanistan endure squalid conditions. Decades of political instability and drought have driven millions over the border into Pakistan, overwhelming the existing camps. By June, Jalozai could not cope with the numbers, and food and shelter were scarce. Although relief workers tried to provide basic health services, children died from disease or dehydration. Eight months later, the United Nations closed the camp, moving refugees to other areas.

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