AFGHANISTAN: A ‘continual emergency’, as war drives record numbers from their homes

January 11, 2017

The so-called Islamic State has created a new conflict and 2016 saw unprecedented amounts of people fleeing to displacement camps

Bibi Mariam was milking her cow when it suddenly let out a wild howl and collapsed in a pool of blood.

The so-called Islamic State and the Taliban were fighting near her village in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar Province. The stray bullet that killed her cow finally convinced Mariam to flee – joining a record number of Afghans displaced by conflict. Read more

Source: IRIN Afghanistan now a ‘continual emergency’, as war drives record numbers from their homes

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