100,000 refugees have fled Afghanistan
More than 100,000 Afghans are believed to have fled to Pakistan to escape US military action despite the official closure of the border between the two countries, the UN said today.
UN High Commission for Refugees spokesman Ron Redmond said the agency was trying to persuade Pakistani authorities to allow tens of thousands of ‘‘illegal’’ arrivals to go without fear of deportation to border camps which have room for 150,000 people.
