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Mohammad, a refugee from Afghanistan, standing in the Moria camp on the island of Lesbos. He has no contact to his parents.
Foto: Nikos Pilos / Der Spiegel
Underage Refugees
The Desperate Children of Moria
One boy has to sell his brother to the smugglers, another leaves his sister behind. DER SPIEGEL has spent months documenting the fates of four unaccompanied minors from the Moria camp on Lesbos. Not all of them make it to Germany.
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There s no real beginning to this story. It could start in Iran, where a boy lived who left his brother work of a debt smuggler so he could get to Europe. Or in a room of the European Council building in Brussels, where, away from the meetings, like-minded people came together and made plans that ultimately were not approved.
3 most successful Soviet military operations in Afghanistan Alexander Graschenkov/Sputnik Soviet troops in Afghanistan were not supposed to do any major fighting themselves and were originally there to assist the Afghan army. However, owing to the latter s weakness, the entire burden of the war fell on Soviet shoulders.
1. The Kunar Operation (May 19 - June 12, 1985) L.Yakutin/Sputnik
Kunar Province in the east of Afghanistan was a cause of particular concern to both the country s government and the command of the Limited Contingent of Soviet Forces throughout the Afghan War. Mujahideen detachments operating here, actively supplied with arms and ammunition from the U.S. and its allies via neighboring Pakistan, posed a threat to Kabul, which is situated only a hundred kilometers away.