The Ministry of Refugee Affairs says 272 internally displaced families were sent back to their own areas from Kabul with the help of UNHCR. Addressing a gathering in this regard in Kabul Deputy Minister of Refugee Affairs Arsala…
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday said it was working to provide a better environment for internally displaced persons (IDPs) and returning refugees in Afghanistan. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abdul Qahar Balkhi wrote on his…
Displaced by the past conflict, some families on the outskirts of Shiberghan City, the capital of northern Jawzjan province, complain they lack shelter, electricity, healthcare, clean drinking water, education and other services. Mullah Sher Mohammad, 60, who was…
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) have agreed to provide recovery support to refugee returnees and Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Afghanistan. The joint accord, signed by UN-Habitat’s Officer-in-Charge for its…
Internally-displaced people (IDPs), living in a miserable situation, are praying for lasting peace and stability in the country. At the same time, they want the caretaker government to prioritise improving the country’s economic situation. Thousands of families…
Conflict and Unrest in Afghanistan has displaced nearly over a half million people in the first nine months of this year, according to UN report on Friday. In its report titled Afghanistan: Snapshot of Population Movements, January-September 2021,…
Six hundred Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have received cash assistance in central Uruzgan province, according to local authorities on Sunday. The cash assistance process has been launched by UNHCR and would be distributed to IDPs in other provinces…
Many internally displaced people (IDPs) in the Shahr-i-Naw Park of Kabul say they are unable to go back to their areas for want of money, urging the government to facilitate their return. Prior to storming into Kabul, the…
The Ministry of Public Health, concerned about the spread of the Corvid-19 in internally displaced people, on Monday said mobile Covid-19 test teams and dozens of ambulances have been assigned to transport critically ill patients to hospitals. It…
Over 13,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have arrived in capital Kabul and other major cities from July 01 to August 13 seeking safety from the conflict and other threats, according to a statement on Saturday.
A number of families displaced due to clashes in their areas spend their time in Kabul parks and complain that they did not receive any assistance from the government and they may face serious situation ahead. Many people…
Twenty health teams with 50 ambulances have been tasked with providing medical services to Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in capital Kabul, the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said on Wednesday. In a statement, the MoPH said that Acting…
The State Ministry for Natural Disasters Management on Tuesday said that 10,000 families who have been displaced by recent conflicts would be settled in camps in capital Kabul in a week. GhulamBahauddinJailani, State Minister for Natural Disasters Management,…
The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) in a new report on Wednesday said 62,400 families have been displaced in 30 provinces of the country, with 37 percent belonging to Nangarhar province due to intensified conflicts in the…
Repatriation and refugees department officials in northeasternTakhar province say that around 12,000 families have been displaced as a result of recent conflicts. Mohammad YasinLabib, head of Takhar Repatriation and Refugees Department, told Pajhwok Afghan News that thousands of…
The number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) has reached 4.1 million in the country, an official said on Saturday. Refugees and Repatriation Minister Noor Rahman Akhlaqi said this while launching the distribution of assistance to 1,000 IDPs in…
Lacking food, fuel and a proper place for shelter, displaced families in western Ghor province say they have repeatedly visited government offices for help, but to no avail. Najia, the mother of one child, whose husband daily leaves…
KABUL. The Meshrano Jirga on Tuesday summoned Akhlaqi to provide information about displaced people to the Senate. A number of displaced families have been in bad condition particularly in Helmand, Kandahar, Uruzgan, Faryab, Takhar, Kunduz and Nangarhar provinces. The acting…
Hundreds of families displaced by war in northern provinces of the country to Balkh province are in need of urgent assistance. These families say they have been in huge trouble due to declined work opportunities in cold winter.…
A number of internally-displaced persons (IDPs) in western Herat province say no one including the government has helped them and they are forced to sell their children for survival. Sahib Dad, a resident of Muqor district of…
A number of families who have been displaced as a result of Daesh activities from Pachiragam and Khogyani districts of eastern Nangarhar province say they even lack access to basic life amenties. The families, currently living in a desert…
