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Marjan, a 50 year-old African male lion who has lived in the zoo for the last 47 years, sits in his cage in Kabul's destroyed zoo in this November 2001 file photo. Tony Banks, a former minister in Prime Minister Tony Blair (news - web sites)'s Labour government, welcomed promises from London and Washington that troops would do their best to avoid hitting ordinary Iraqis in bombing raids, but said they also needed to think about the creatures in Baghdad's El-Zawra Zoo. REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
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A boy suffering from polio (news - web sites) does his exercises at the Orthopedic Center in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Tuesday, April 15, 2003. Afghanistan is struggling to emerge from more than two decades of war that left much of the country in ruins, including its health care system. Afghanistan is one of the last 10 countries where polio remains endemic, according to UNICEF (news - web sites). (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
4/15/2003
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A boy pushes a cart loaded with flour sacks, which the woman, background, bought at a market, in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), on Wednesday, April 16, 2003. Many children work to supplement family income. This central Asian nation is among the world's poorest. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
4/16/2003
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Gullam Hussain, 53, left, victim of a mine explosion exercises with his orthopedic leg at the Orthopedic Center, in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Tuesday, April 15, 2003. More than 55,000 patients, out of which 28,000 are land mine victims, have been registered at the center since its beginning in 1988. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
4/15/2003
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Sitting next to her orthopedic leg, Zainab, 9, waits for her therapy at the Orthopedic Center in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), on Tuesday, April 15, 2003. More than 55,000 patients, among them 28,000 are land mine victims, have been registered at the center since 1988. Originally intended for the disabled from war only, the center also has been extended to non-war wounded due to the huge demand of the disabled population of Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
4/15/2003
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Women wearing burkas leave the Kartayi Sakhi cemetery after they visited the grave of their relative, in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), April 11, 2003. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
4/11/2003
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A woman carries her baby as another vaccinates a baby at Chehar Dehis Clinic in Kabul, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Thursday, April 17, 2003. Women's health, which was neglected even before the hardline Taliban imposed strict gender segregation, has started to recover. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
4/17/2003
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Afghan mine removal technicians march during a parade at Kabul's stadium in Afghanistan (news - web sites), Wednesday, April 16, 2003. In the last 13 years of mine clearing operations, an estimated 100 deminers have been killed and 500 more have been injured. Afghanistan, struggling to recover from over two decades of warfare, is one of the most heavily mined nations on earth. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
4/16/2003
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Afghan mine explosions victims in wheelchairs participate in a march at Kabul's stadium, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Wednesday, April 16, 2003. Afghanistan, struggling to recover from over two decades of warfare, is one of the most heavily mined nations on earth. An estimated 200,000 Afghans have been killed or maimed by mines over the last two decades of warfare, the Red Cross said. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
4/16/2003
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An Afghan girl makes a pile of unbaked bricks near the road passing through the Shamali Plains, about 10 kilometers (6 miles), west of Bagram, Afghanistan (news - web sites), Wednesay, April 9, 2003. Children assist parents in their job to supplement family income. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)
4/9/2003
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