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Photos: Portraits of Afghan refugee children

January 28, 2014 9:45AM ET

AP photographer Muhammed Muheisen photographs children whose families have fled Afghanistan for Islamabad, Pakistan

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Afghan refugees, portrait, Islamabad
Muhammed Muheisen, chief photographer for the Associated Press in Pakistan, made portraits of the children he found amongst Afghan refugees in the slums outside Islamabad. Here, Laiba Hazrat, 6, poses for a picture, while playing with other children. Muhammed Muheisen/AP
Afghan refugees, portrait, Islamabad
For more than three decades, Pakistan has been home to one of the world's largest refugee communities: hundreds of thousands of Afghans who have fled the repeated wars and fighting their country has undergone. This is 3-year-old Basmina. Muhammed Muheisen/AP
Afghan refugees, portrait, Islamabad
Khalzarin Zirgul, 6, holds her 3-month-old cousin, Zaman. Muhammed Muheisen/AP
Afghan refugees, portrait, Islamabad
Robina Haseeb, age 5. Muhammed Muheisen/AP
Afghan refugees, portrait, Islamabad
Akhtar Babrek, age 13. Muhammed Muheisen/AP
Afghan refugees, portrait, Islamabad
Gul Bibi Shamra, age 3. Muhammed Muheisen/AP
Afghan refugees, portrait, Islamabad
Hayat Khan, age 8. Muhammed Muheisen/AP
Afghan refugees, portrait, Islamabad
Safia Mourad, age 4. Muhammed Muheisen/AP
Afghan refugees, portrait, Islamabad
Abdulrahman Bahadir, age 13. Muhammed Muheisen/AP
Afghan refugees, portrait, Islamabad
Shahzada Saleem, 15, holds his two-month-old nephew, Satara. Muhammed Muheisen/AP