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July 19, 2021

Thousands of Families Displaced Amid Heightened Violence in Afghanistan
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In Afghanistan, some 12,000 families have been displaced and are in need
of immediate assistance amid deadly fighting between Afghan forces and
the Taliban. This is a displaced woman speaking from Takhar province.

Golnaar: "We have not come here eagerly. Ten women and 10 men are here
together, while we had our own village and house before. What else can
we do? Our children and ourselves are sick, and we have no carpets or
anything else here."

Intra-Afghan talks have resumed in Doha as the U.S. and NATO withdrawal
nears completion.


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