KABUL (Integrated Regional Information Network), May 25, 2006:
More than 3,000 villagers, including children, women and elderly men, are on the move following intense fighting between the Taliban and security forces in Afghanistan’s restive southern province of Kandahar, officials from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) confirmed on Thursday.
“Nearly 3,000 residents of Panjwayi district and another 200 individuals from Ziari Dasht district have fled their homes due to heavy fighting and have entered Kandahar city,” Mohammad Nasim Karim, head of the IOM office in Kandahar, told IRIN.
“Regrettably, many people, including children, women and elderly men, have been killed or injured during US and government operations in Panjwayi district, which is an obvious violation of human rights,” the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) said in a statement released Wednesday in Kabul. Insecurity remains a key issue in the war-ravaged Afghanistan, which is recovering from more than three decades of brutal civil war.
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May 25, 2006
AFGHANISTAN: Fighting Forces 3,000 to Flee
KABUL (Integrated Regional Information Network), May 25, 2006:
More than 3,000 villagers, including children, women and elderly men, are on the move following intense fighting between the Taliban and security forces in Afghanistan’s restive southern province of Kandahar, officials from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) confirmed on Thursday.
“Nearly 3,000 residents of Panjwayi district and another 200 individuals from Ziari Dasht district have fled their homes due to heavy fighting and have entered Kandahar city,” Mohammad Nasim Karim, head of the IOM office in Kandahar, told IRIN.
“Regrettably, many people, including children, women and elderly men, have been killed or injured during US and government operations in Panjwayi district, which is an obvious violation of human rights,” the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) said in a statement released Wednesday in Kabul. Insecurity remains a key issue in the war-ravaged Afghanistan, which is recovering from more than three decades of brutal civil war.
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