Afghan refugees' daily life in Iran (5)

An Afghan refugee boy plays with a ball at a village near Tehran, capital of Iran, on Dec. 28, 2012. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) statistics show that some 2.7 million Afghan refugees are still living outside their homeland due to more than three decades of conflicts and continuing insurgency in Afghanistan, with around 1.7 million in Pakistan and more than one million in Iran, waiting for a favorable environment to return home and reintegrate to their communities. (Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz)