UN : Number of people displaced by Afghan conflict on rise

  • 2/10/2023
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Kabul, 01 Safar,1438 AH, 01 November,2016 , SPA -- Ongoing conflict in different parts of Afghanistan has forced over 400,000 people to leave their homes so far in 2016, a UN report revealed on Monday, according to dpa. At the beginning of the year, the UN had expected 250,000 to be internally displaced by conflict. Most of the 411,327 refugees had fled their villages in the northern provinces of Kunduz and Baghlan and the southern provinces of Helmand and Uruzgan. One in five are located in areas inaccessible to humanitarian helpers, the report said. -- SPA 10:58 LOCAL TIME 07:58 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w

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