City of Misery

Bibi Aqbiqa, left, and her husband, Aga Mohammed, prepare dinner in the newer section of the Jalozai refugee camp for Afghans near Peshawar, Pakistan.  (IRFAN KHAN / Los Angeles Times)

These children, like many at the camp, suffer from eye infections caused by the fetid dust.  (IRFAN KHAN / Los Angeles Times)

Merajuddin Shinvari teaches boys at a primary school established at the camp by the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.  (IRFAN KHAN / Los Angeles Times)

The Jalozai camp houses more than 80,000 Afghan refugees.  (IRFAN KHAN / Los Angeles Times)

Afghan children attend a class at a Jalozai refugee camp.  (IRFAN KHAN / Los Angeles Times)

Refugee Ameer Hamza, 9, attends primary school.  (IRFAN KHAN / Los Angeles Times)

Maulavi Mohammad Hashim oversees a primary school at the Jalozai refugee camp.  (IRFAN KHAN / Los Angeles Times)

Bibi Siamoka, 5, lives with her family in the new section of Jalozai.  (IRFAN KHAN / Los Angeles Times)