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Afghans fear troop surge will worsen refugee crisis
Here in this refugee camp of narrow mud paths and stagnant water live just some of the families whose fates continue to be shaped by the United States' eight-year occupation of Afghanistan.
The men, women and children in the camp fled the south of the country for the relative safety of Kabul. They cannot return home unless security improves. As the US president, Barack Obama, prepares to announce his new strategy for the war, it is their futures that hang in the balance.
"Even if all of America and all of Nato come to Afghanistan, they will not stop the fighting with the Taliban. They will bring a lot of bloodshed and kill a lot of people. The one way is for them to talk to the Taliban," said Rahmatullah, from Sangin in Helmand province.
The displaced and dispossessed have been arriving on the capital's outskirts for the past couple of years. What began as a trickle soon turned into a flood as the insurgency in the south intensified.