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In a camp of Kuchi nomads. Taloquan, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. 24 March 2001...These nomads were rescued by helicopter from the Registan Desert. The WFP and Oxfam criticized the operation on the grounds that clans and families were torn apart. Should the Taliban have left them stranded next to their dead camels and the wells which had gone dry because of the drought? ..Yet it was also said that before the rescue the Taliban had forced the Kuchi to clear landmines. They knew that no-one was better acquainted with the deadly legacy sown by the Soviet forces when they began their withdrawal in October 1988.. (KEYSTONE/VII Photo/Daniel Schwartz)