Displaced families demand shelter

Monitoring Desk

KUNDUZ: Thousands of families displaced by clashes and insecurity in Badakshan province over the past two years have asked the government and relief agencies to provide them shelter.

Daulat Khawar, administrator of troubled Worduj district, told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) that a large number of families who moved to Baharak district were living under the open sky and their children were suffering from different cold-related diseases.

He said tents were provided to some of the Worduj displaced families only once in the past two years. He feared that children might lose their lives if the winter becomes harsher.

Abdul Wahid Tayyabi, director Badakhshan refugees’ affairs, told Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) that more than 6000 displaced families were registered with them over the past two years.

He said some of the displaced families returned to their respective areas on improvement in security situation while 5000 were still displaced.

He said aid was provided to 1900 families with the cooperation of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), adding hundreds of families were living in miserable condition in the limits of 6th police districts of Faizabad.

He hoped that the government and non-governmental organizations would provide shelter to the displaced families.

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said in a latest report that around 450,000 families were displaced in Afghanistan in 2017.