Press TV June 22, 2017 At least 34 people have been killed and dozens wounded after a powerful blast hit a bank in Lashkar Gah, the capital of the southern Afghan province of Helmand. The Thursday blast targeted the New Kabul Bank branch, where members of Afghan security forces had gathered to collect their pay. Omar Zwak,
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 29, 2017 The European Union has announced over 44 million euros ($49 million) in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran. EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides said in a statement on May 29 that the funding will support Afghan refugees in Iran and Pakistan, help
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 23, 2017 Conflicts, violence, and natural disasters forced more than 31 million people into internal displacement in 2016, a new report says. The report, released on May 22 by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), differentiates between internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees. It
VOA News April 22, 2017 WASHINGTON/NANGARHAR — As U.S.-Afghan forces pound Islamic State hideouts in their Nangarhar Province stronghold, civilians fleeing the fight say they’ve been left to deal with their plight alone. The exact number forced out of their homes by the war against the so-called Islamic State Khorasan Branch (IS-KB) in Afghanistan is unknown,
DW: Conflict has displaced people in nearly all of Afghanistan’s provinces, according to the UN. Germany’s government argues that there are safe regions in the war-torn country which deportees could return to safely. Click here to read more (external link). Related Afghanistan now a ‘continual emergency’, as war drives record numbers from their homes Migrants Battle
VOA News November 30, 2016 The United Nations announced Wednesday that the conflict in Afghanistan has internally displaced more than a half million people in 2016, the highest number on record. The figure surpasses last year’s record of 471,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) and is around 15 percent more than the figure at this time
Press TV October 20, 2016 The United Nations has warned that escalated fighting across Afghanistan could displace many more people, lamenting that international support is not enough to handle the unfolding crisis. United Nations special rapporteur Chaloka Beyani said on Thursday that UN agencies had registered more than 323,000 Afghans as internally displaced people (IDPs)
Press TV October 9, 2016 The United Nations says the number of war-displaced civilians in Afghanistan’s Kunduz has reached 24,000 as fierce street battles continue between government forces and Taliban militants in the strategic northern city. “Initial reports indicate that around 24,000 internally displaced persons” have fled Kunduz, the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 7, 2016 ISLAMABAD — The United Nations has warned of a growing threat to aid workers in Afghanistan where it says millions of people are in urgent need of life-saving assistance. “I am deeply concerned that aid workers are being targeted, with 93 of our colleagues abducted since the beginning of
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) — Marginalized by a group of playing children outside Afghanistan’s Kunduz provincial capital the Kunduz city, Zarmina, 9, whispered that the children here do not like to play with her and that is why she feels upset. “I like to return to my village in Qala-e-Zal and play with Maryam,