KABUL (SW) – The deadly spike in violence across Afghanistan has displaced at least 5000 more families in the past two weeks alone.
Many of the war-weary Afghans displaced by the latest wave of violence staged a protest demonstration in the capital Kabul against the raging bloodshed.
Reza Baher, deputy spokesman for the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations, told Salam Watandar that with the recent escalation of fighting and the fall of districts and some towns by the Taliban, the number of displaced families has increased. Bahar said the fighting and violence had recently displaced about 57,000 families across the country, with more than 5000 families displaced in last two weeks alone.
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He said most of the displaced families are from Helmand, Kunduz, Kandahar and Nangarhar provinces, some of whom have received humanitarian assistance and the process is still ongoing.
The actual number of the displaced persons may be even higher, Bahiri added, as many insecure areas do not have access to survey or assist the displaced.
The spokesman for the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations said some countries, including the United States and the United Nations, had pledged assistance.
The revelations come at a time when fighting in some provinces has reached provincial capitals and displaced people saying aid has not been provided and even if it has been, there is a shortage.
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths has said he is “extremely concerned by the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan. “Afghan children, women, and men are suffering and forced to live with violence, insecurity, and fear every day,” he said in a statement.
“There are grave concerns for women’s survival and basic human rights. Forty years of war and displacement, compounded by climate shocks and COVID-19, have left almost half of Afghanistan’s population in need of emergency aid.”
The UN official reiterated that a safe, secure, and sustainable future in Afghanistan can only be achieved through successful peace negotiations.
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