The United
Nations has reported a dramatic increase in the number of displaced
people as a result of the years-long conflict in Afghanistan.
The UN
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on
Wednesday that more than half a million people had been displaced in
2016, the highest number since 2008.
The figure
also surpasses a previous record of 471,000 set last year.
This has
been a sharp increase in the number of people leaving their homes due
to daily battles between the Kabul government forces and Taliban
militants across the war-torn country.
Mark Bowden,
the UN humanitarian coordinator has expressed concern about the
increasing number of internally displaced people in the war-stricken
country.
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