1.   And did I mention the uncharted mountain crossing?

2.   Last March, a few days after NATO war planes began bombing, I travelled to the remote mountain border crossing between Kosovo and neighboring Albania.

3.   But many Afghans still manage to slip into Pakistan, making a tortuous journey over one of dozens of unsupervised mountain crossings between the two countries.

4.   Most refugees arriving in Albania Saturday came from Prizren, the nearest major city to the mountain crossing from southwest Kosovo into northern Albania.

5.   The final insult came with they reached the mountain border crossing, and were stripped of all identity documents.