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![[Afghanistan] The Salang Tunnel provides a critical humanitarian route.](/s3/files/styles/media_list_2x/public/images/20708.jpg.webp?itok=X3cnTFc_ "The Salang Tunnel provides a critical humanitarian route from north to south")
![[Afghanistan] Refugees return to Shomali Plain to start rebuilding their lives](/s3/files/styles/media_list_2x/public/images/20627.jpg.webp?itok=4cCPjSik "The government is awaiting much needed money to prove itself")
![[Afghanistan] Leishmaniasis is now at epidemic levels in Kabul.](https://assets.thenewhumanitarian.org/s3fs-public/styles/media_list_2x/public/images/207081.jpg.webp?itok=tSJ1M5GY "Without immediate action, the current leishmaniasis prevalance rate threatens to escalate into an uncontrollable health problem.")
![[Afghanistan] Afghanistan's only internet cafe stands empty.](/s3/files/styles/media_list_2x/public/images/207045.jpg.webp?itok=sB95rFsh "Several 'blogs' have been blocked for days now.")
![[Afghanistan] Displaced girls waiting for food in Maslakh camp, near Herat March 2001.](https://assets.thenewhumanitarian.org/s3fs-public/styles/media_list_2x/public/images/2621.jpg.webp?itok=wfcsuCoN "These girls are some of the 90,000 people who fled Kandahar province in September 2006.")
![[Afghanistan] The minister’s car was riddled with bullets, ISAF soldiers.](https://assets.thenewhumanitarian.org/s3fs-public/styles/media_list_2x/public/images/207082.jpg.webp?itok=S83sQ_BN "The troops should stick to providing security and battling insurgents, not aid work, say many NGOs in Afghanistan")
![[Afghanistan] Turks settle into lead ISAF role.](/s3/files/styles/media_list_2x/public/images/20703.jpg.webp?itok=HCaNgsJF "Turkish ISAF troops on the streets of Kabul")
![[Pakistan] New repatriation goal of 850,000 set by UNHCR. "The repatriation drive has exceeded expectations"](https://assets.thenewhumanitarian.org/s3fs-public/styles/media_list_2x/public/images/20513.jpg.webp?itok=QP7JsOFU "UNHCR has suspended the return of IDPs in the north")
![[Afghanistan] A returned refugee is checked in at Pule-e-Chakri reception centre outside Kabul.](/s3/files/styles/media_list_2x/public/images/206266.jpg.webp?itok=npIya5Hj "A new arrival registers at Pol-e Charki returnee centre in Kabul")
