Afghan refugee children sit in a classroom before the beginning of a lesson in Toza-Lokai refugee camp at Afghan-Tajik border, 250 kilometers south of the Tajik capital Dushanbe, October 31, 2001. Tajikistan's President Imomali Rakhmonov met U.S. General Tommy Franks, commanding the military operation in Afghanistan, on October 30 and discussed reducing civilian casualties, Rakhmonov's press office said on Wednesday. REUTERS/Alexander Demianchhuk