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| Up To 290,000 People Displaced In Afghanistan This Year: Report |
| 2018-11-24 |
| [ToloNews] A report by United Nations ...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense... Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) shows that countrywide conflict displacements in Afghanistan is now touching over 289,867 in Afghanistan which the report says is quite concerning. The report titled OCHA’s Displacement Tracking System shows that a total of 289,867 people have been verified as having been displaced by conflict in 2018 which shows an increase of 6,635 on the previous week’s total. Overall, the number of people displaced so far is 33% less than the same period last year (431,871), the report says. According to the report, 60 to 70 percent of people in Malistan and Jaghori districts of Ghazni province have been displaced from their homes as a result of war and violence. The report says that 930 families (6,510 individuals approximately) have arrived in Bamiyan ...a place in Afghanistan that used to have some historically interesting statues of the Buddha carved into a mountainside. Then the holy men showed up and now all they have is some big holes... City following festivities in Jaghori and Malistan districts. Moreover, the number of IDPs from Malistan and Jaghori in Ghazni City had reached 2,660 families (15,820 people) as of 16 November 2018, the report said. According to presidential delegation’s information, about 60%-70% of the population are displaced from Jaghori and Malistan following the armed clash, the report added. The report says that IDPs continue to arrive in cities of Ghazni, Bamiyan and Kabul. The Afghan government officials meanwhile said they continue their efforts to help the displaced families ‐ especially those of Ghazni province. "We are covering the displaced people for 72 hours from our emergency budget. We provide them food and other stuff until they are settled in some areas," said Ahmad Tamim Azimi, front man for Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA). Meanwhile, ...back at the wrecked scow, a single surviver held tightly to the smashed prow... a number of displaced persons in Ghazni said government is not taking solid measures for security of their areas. "There were bombardments and rockets were fired in our area. We took some of our goods from the war zone... Nothing left for us," said Gul Agha, member of a displaced family from Ghazni. "Government should at least show us our way if it does not want to take action to help us," said Mohammad Ali, member of a displaced family from Ghazni. "Our school was destroyed, our homes were destroyed. We cannot go to school," said Ezatullah, a resident of Ghazni. Based on the UN report, the situation is also worse in the eastern and western parts of the country. "Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. authorities reported of approximately 1,028 families (7,196 people) displaced due to the intra-NSAG festivities in Khogyani District. Majority of these people have been displaced within the district with the remaining moved to Surkhrod, Behsud and Jalalabad city. OCHA organized an OCT meeting in Nangarhar on 14 November and constituted joint assessment teams to conduct needs assessment and respond to the immediate needs of IDPs," says the report. |
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