Makaki is a refugee camp for internally displaced Afghans which was established in Afghanistan's Nimruz Province

Nimruz Province

Nimruz is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, in the south-west of the country on the borders of Iran and Pakistan. The name Nimruz means "mid-day" or "half-day" in Persian. Nimruz covers 41,000 km² and has a population of 149,000...

, near the Iranian border, by the Iranian Red Crescent around 2001. At the time of its establishment, Makaki was located in Taliban-held territory until the Northern Alliance

Northern Alliance

The Afghan Northern Alliance is a military-political umbrella organization created by the Islamic State of Afghanistan in 1996.Northern Alliance may also refer to:*Northern Alliance , a Canadian white supremacist group...

 gained control of the area in November 2001. The Mile 46 camp in the same region was in Northern Alliance territory.