Afghanistan, September 2012

Gulbadeen was injured by a landmine when his truck tried to cross into Pakistan. He waits for a bus to Herat province near his home

Afghanistan, September 2012

Afghans ride in a truck with people smugglers in Nimruz, a remote province in southwestern Afghanistan. They will cross into Pakistan’s Baluchistan before entering Iran

Afghanistan, March 2016

Sharif Udin listens from a tree in Herat as a police commander calls out the names of new passport holders. He is one of many hoping to find work in neighbouring Iran

England, May 2017

Nazir sells fruits and vegetables in northern London, 12 hours a day and seven days a week. He arrived in the UK six years ago via Calais, and received the right to stay one year ago. He left his university studies in Baghlan in northern Afghanistan to become a refugee

Serbia, December 2016

Afghan and Pakistani men sit by a fire in a derelict warehouse behind Belgrade’s central train station. With the borders to EU countries closed, many have been stuck here for months

Germany, April 2017

The former airport of Tempelhof is now a refugee shelter in Berlin. Around half of the 500 refugees staying here are from Afghanistan, and many have been here for over one year

Greece, June 2017

Teenager Mortaza swims in the Aegean Sea off the island of Lesbos. Turkey can be seen in the background. He is staying nearby with other Afghan minors, who are waiting for the Greek government to decide on their request for asylum

US, July 2016

Afghans gather to pray and celebrate Eid-al- Fitr, the end of Ramadan, in Sacramento, California. Most served as interpreters for the US armed forces and USaid

France, October 2016

An Afghan refugee is escorted out of The Jungle in Calais by French police officers on the day the camp is shut down

All photographs are taken by Joël van Houdt.