Over half a million Afghans displaced in 2016, UN says

‘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.’
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