More than 37,000 Afghan families to flee

More than 37,000 Afghan families to flee

World May 17, 2016 06:42

kabul - More than 37,000 Afghan families have fled in the first four months of the year for the ongoing violence in the country of their homes. According to a report published Monday by the United Nations.

Until 31 April, the UN had counted 37. 294 families who have been displaced. With an average size of a family of seven that nearly 260 000 people.

The report also contained adjusted figures for 2015. In that year, 384 480 people fleeing beaten for the violence in their villages. That is an increase of 96 percent compared to 2014. 61 percent of the displaced are children in Afghanistan.
  
    
     
      
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In total the number of displaced people in the country now has more than 1.2 million people. The UN warned that there are currently only,, minimal international support '' for them.

Since the end of 2014 ended the NATO mandate in Afghanistan, the violence increased in the country rapidly. Now the Taliban Islamist fighters have launched a new spring offensive, the fighting has spread even further.

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