ISLAMABAD, October 28 (Xinhuanet) -- An Afghan Taliban official
said on Sunday that three refugee camps have been established in
Spin Boldak town of Kandahar province, hosting around 300 families,
according to the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP). "Now around 300 refugee families are there and relief goods
including food and clothes are being distributed to them", said
Mohammed Umar Umari, the Taliban official. "No relief organization, Muslim or non-Muslim, is helping us
and these people, that's why we have established the camps", he
said. He complained that thousands of Afghans trying to cross the Pak-
Afghan border for refuge have been stopped inside Afghanistan
while Pakistan persisted in keeping its border closed. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said on Saturday that at
least two million Afghan refugees would flood into Pakistan if the
borders between the two countries were reopened. For the time
being, Pakistan's border with Afghanistan remains closed to
prevent a major influx of Afghan refugees. Enditem
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