The US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) in its recent report said that there has been a 20 percent increase in internally-displaced persons in 2019.

“Compared to the same period last year, the number of conflict-induced internally displaced persons recorded by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in 2019 is 20% higher, perhaps reflecting an intensification of the conflict,” it said.

“As of December 18, conflicts in 2019 had induced 427,043 Afghans to flee their homes. The office recorded 356,297 displaced persons in the same period last year,” if further added.

Arezo News – Humayun Salimi