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Review
. 2002 Feb 9;324(7333):349-52.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7333.349.

Children of war: the real casualties of the Afghan conflict

Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta  1
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Review

Children of war: the real casualties of the Afghan conflict

Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta. BMJ. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1
A 13 year old blast victim: Afghanistan has the highest rates of landmine injuries and deaths in the world
Figure 2
Figure 2
The border between Afghanistan and Pakistan artificially cuts through ethnic groups. The Taliban movement arose among Afghan children attending madrassahs in neighbouring Baluchistan and Northwest Frontier province of Afghanistan
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