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UN: More Than 223,000 Afghans Displaced Since Start of 2017

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(Last Updated On: October 24, 2022)

More than 223,000 Afghans have been forced to leave their homes due to conflict in their country this year, the United Nations has said in a released report.

Data from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) showed that 223,874 people have been displaced since January 2017.

“The provinces sheltering the highest number of displaced people are Kunduz with 28,261 IDPs, Nangarhar with 27,401 IDPs and Uruzgan with 17,062,” the UN report said.

“In Gomal district, Paktika, humanitarian partners were reportedly not allowed to assess the situation of some 350 displaced people, out of fear of local elders and representatives of the displaced community from members of an NSAG,” the report added.

Afghan Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation expects the number of displaced and returnees to increase. However, the ministry informs about an annual plan for addressing the issues of the returnees.

“We have a plan for returnees and internally displaced Afghans, their numbers will rise but we still need $300 million out of $500 million in total for their assistance,” said Meher Khuda Sabar, an official in the Refugee and Repatriation Ministry.

Insurgency has raged in Afghanistan in recent years, and the militant groups have increased scale of attacks and gained more territories in the country, according to watchdogs. Last year, 600,000 Afghans were displaced due to the conflict.

 Some Afghan researchers say, civilians will suffer more due the ongoing conflict unless the situation improves and their problems being addressed.

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More than 800 Afghan refugees deported from Pakistan in two days

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(Last Updated On: April 20, 2024)

As many as 837 Afghan refugees have been forced to return to their country through Torkham and Spin Boldak crossings in the last two days, officials announced on Saturday.

The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said in a statement that 90 families comprising 468 people returned through Torkham crossing.

Another 67 families comprising 369 people returned through Spin Boldak crossing, it said.

The returnees have been introduced to international organizations to receive aid, and the Islamic Emirate has also paid 10,000 Afghanis to each family.

Pakistani government launched the second phase of deporting illegal refugees five days ago.

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Iran executes four Afghan prisoners

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(Last Updated On: April 20, 2024)

Iran executed four Afghan prisoners in Vakliabad Prison in Mashhad on Thursday morning, a human rights group reported.

Haalvsh said that the individuals had been arrested in 1398 over drug-related charges and then sentenced to death by the court.

This organization announced the names of the executed prisoners as Zaman Taheri, Salam Taheri, Gholam Qadir Samani and Ebrahim Noorzahi.

Zaman Taheri and Salam Taheri were brothers.

Iranian officials have not commented about the matter so far.

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Roof collapse kills two in Helmand

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Two people were killed after roof of their house collapsed in southern Helmand province on Friday night, officials said.

Abdul Bari Rashid, head of information and culture in Helmand, told Ariana News that the incident occurred in Tajkan village of Gershak district due to heavy rain.

According to him, the dead include a woman and a child. A man was injured in the incident.

This comes as 10 people have died and six others have been injured as a result of the floods in Helmand province in the last one week.

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