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Daily Mirror
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Benjamin Lynch

Ex-Afghan soldiers stuck at Polish border in deadly ‘red zone’ after 2,500-mile journey

Afghan refugees are becoming stuck in a deadly no man's land between the border of Belarus and Poland, with little to no help or supplies after fleeing the Taliban.

The area is known as the 'red zone', a bleak unforgiving strip of land on the border between the two countries where access to food and water is practically non-existent and aid workers are usually denied access.

Fences and roads on the Polish side were reinforced by at least 140 British Royal Engineers from December who were not combat troops but "guys with diggers".

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