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Overflowing refugee camps in emergency state.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

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| December 01, 2001 | Gerlin, Andrea | COPYRIGHT 2001 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

MASLAKH, Afghanistan _ A potential humanitarian disaster is unfolding in Afghanistan's largest refugee camp as new arrivals from outlying villages pour daily into a camp already filled with more than 200,000 refugees, according to United Nations estimates.

At least 10,000 people have arrived at the Maslakh camp in the last two weeks from outlying villages, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), which supervises it.

The latest arrivals have strained the camp's limited resources and increased the risk of disease, hunger and exposure to the cold.

"There are many more thousands coming," said Najibullah Bahramy, in charge of ...

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