Afghanistan: IDPs camp on Kandahar outskirts amid Taliban offensive

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Thousands of Kandahar residents have been left internally displaced with some camping on the outskirts of Kandahar city on Sunday as Taliban forces intensify their offensive against Afghan government forces

“Besides the clashes in some districts of Kandahar for the past three weeks, there were clashes in several other districts which are ongoing right now an unfortunately our civilian countrymen have been displaced, with the figure rising to 24,0000 families,” said Kandahar Refugee and Repatriation Affairs Department director Doost Mohammad Nayab.

“An average of between 250 and 500 families are being displaced from the secure parts of the city,” added Nayab.

In a recent development, Taliban forces have targeted Kandahar airport on Saturday night in an attempt to disrupt the airstrike capabilities of the Afghan government.

Five civilian casualties have also been reported in the Kandahar province on Sunday following a Taliban mortar strike on a civilian vehicle.

As part of the ongoing conflict, some displaced people in other parts of the country are also seeking entry into neighbouring countries including Pakistan, Tajikistan, China, and Iran in an attempt to flee the conflict.

Following 20 years of military intervention, the impending withdrawal of US and NATO forces has been met by a renewed offensive by the Taliban, who have captured several key border crossings and swathes of the country. The Biden administration has confirmed that all US military forces will have left the country by August 31.

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SOT, Bibi Aisha, Internally displaced person (Pashto): “There were clashes, they (Taliban) captured a school and a hospital which was there (in Kandahar), and they seized all the places. I escaped with just the clothes I was wearing and our home doors were left open, there are Taliban over there.”

SOT, Bibi Aisha, Internally displaced person (Pashto): “I am a war-affected person, I am set here. I don’t have anything in this world, I don’t have food, there is no shelter, I don’t receive a thing, all these people know.”

SOT, Setara, Internally displaced person (Pashto): “I fled the war when it was happening, but the clashes were launched before Eid too. The clashes started in the morning after the Taliban called on the people to leave their houses, we didn’t hear their announcement and they knocked on our doors, they stood outside and they call us to leave our homes otherwise they would claim our blood by their own. I left my home, I could brought just the clothes I was wearing. It is has been around five days since I have settled on this soil, no one has helped us yet, I’ve received just bread and nothing.”

SOT, Badam Gul, Internally displaced person (Pashto): “My home has been left behind, all poor components which are locked left behind, I have been sheltered here, I have been forced to come here.”

SOT, Rabia, Internally displaced person (Pashto): “I fled because of the clashes, I just have this scarf and a dress that I was wearing. Brother, we are accommodated out in an open area, this is the fourth day since I came here and I am yet to see even 1 afghani, or anything else. They just distribute food to us and drinking water. I have received this help and it is the fourth day that I suffer from the sun here.”

SOT, Doost Mohammad Nayab, Director at Kandahar Refugee and Repatriation Affairs Department (Pashto): “Besides the clashes in some districts of Kandahar for the past three weeks, there were clashes in several other districts which are ongoing right now and unfortunately our civilian countrymen have been displaced, with the figure rising to 24,0000 families, and also because of the ongoing clashes, an average of between 250 and 500 families are being displaced from the secure parts of the city.”

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