Niatak refugee camp
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Niatak is an Afghan refugee camp in Iran's southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan Province, near the Iranian city of Zahedan
and close to the Afghan border. In 2001 the camp was described as holding 5,000 refugees, while a 1998 report cites 7,000.
A journalist notes that Afghan tribal and sectarian conflicts continued within the camp, particularly between the Pashtun
and Hazara ethno-religious groups. The camp was also the location where parts of the 2001 film Kandahar was filmed.
Zahedan
Zahedan is a city in and the capital of Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 552,706, in 109,488 families.-Geography:...
and close to the Afghan border. In 2001 the camp was described as holding 5,000 refugees, while a 1998 report cites 7,000.
A journalist notes that Afghan tribal and sectarian conflicts continued within the camp, particularly between the Pashtun
Pashtun people
Pashtuns or Pathans , also known as ethnic Afghans , are an Eastern Iranic ethnic group with populations primarily between the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan and the Indus River in Pakistan...
and Hazara ethno-religious groups. The camp was also the location where parts of the 2001 film Kandahar was filmed.