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Afghan returnees are building houses in a deserted area in the Shomali plains, two hours north of Kabul. The afghan government moved the refugees from Kabul and gave them this area. Many of the returned refugees do not have any money and can not…

The old office building Ryasat-5 outside Kabul city centre was totally destroied during the civil war. Now, more than 800 afghans lives in the building. They returned back from Pakistan and Iran after years as refugees. There are no water, no…

The view from one of the ruins in Kabul. More than 800 afghans who have returned from Pakistan as refugees, are living in the the old building. Kabul, Afghanistan, December 5, 2006.

Afghan returnees are building houses in a deserted area in the Shomali plains, two hours north of Kabul. The afghan government moved the refugees from Kabul and gave them this area. Many of the returned refugees do not have any money and can not…

The outskirts of Kabul. Ruins after the civil war are used by afghan returnees as the only way to get shelter. Kabul, Afghanistan, December 4, 2006.

Dawlat Khan (45 years) and his nine children lives in a ruin in the outskirts of Kabul. The family returned from Pakistan after many years as refugees. - I lost my job when we fled from Kabul during the war. When I arrived back home i 2003, I did not…

Around 3,7 million afghan refugees have returned to their homecountry since the fall of the Taliban in the end of 2001. Many of the returnees are living under horrible conditions in the capital Kabul. Families lives in ruins bombed during the sivil…

Alomst every building in Balakot was destroied during the eartquake. Three months later, the inhabitants lives in tents and temporary houses. Balakot, Pakistan, January 27, 2006.

It is early morning in the village Jiggan on 2.350 meters above sea level and Budleajan covers the grave of her son Gulam, who died in the earthquake. - He was my best son, says the mother. Jiggan, Pakistan, January 26, 2006.

A young boy starts singing 'maja', the local folklore music, as the men in the mountain village Gujar Bandi are waiting for helicopters with food suplies. Gujar Bandi, Pakistan, January 26, 2006.