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About 300 families have been displaced as a result of an ongoing operation in northern province of Afghanistan.
The ongoing Operation Eagle has displaced some 300 families in less than a week of its beginning, mid-last week – a meek statement on how the war in Afghanistan continues to displace families across the country.
The operation was led by security personnel in the Baghlan-i-Markazi district of northern Baghlan province and some families migrated to nearby villages, unable to harvest their crops as the latest battle took off – and warmongering spread.
Afghan observers feel their situation is unlikely to change for the better in the near future.
In January last year, over 450,000 people were displaced by conflict in Afghanistan, of whom 289,000 had been removed for more than a year, according to the UN, emphasising on the role of the government and aid agencies in a country already heavily dependent on international aid.
The internally displaced often bear the brunt of these conflicts and their abject poverty exasperates their situation, living in makeshift camps they have minimal access to basic amenities like sanitation or medical care.
"We get no help; we're forgotten, even in the winter, when people are dying," Mohammed Anwar, self-appointed head of refugee camp, was quoted as saying to RAWA news.
"People come with guns to steal from the poor. They strong-arm people," another camp leader, or malek, Mohammad Aslan, said.
The situation has made women vulnerable. “They think they can come here and take advantage of us,” says a camp resident, Shir Ali. “They think this area is a brothel, that our women are prostitutes.”
"Everyone is dying of hunger. There is no flour, no oil, no wood," lamented Atiqullah, another camp resident. "People look at us like dogs here."
The help displaced families get from the Afghan refugee ministry, which is supported by the UN refugee agency and other aid groups, is reducing by the year.
According to RAWA news, the Afghan government, however, discourages these settlements, fearing that these will attract even more people and authorities keep prodding them to return to their home provinces by offering assistance and free land.
The ongoing Operation Eagle has displaced some 300 families in less than a week of its beginning, mid-last week – a meek statement on how the war in Afghanistan continues to displace families across the country.
The operation was led by security personnel in the Baghlan-i-Markazi district of northern Baghlan province and some families migrated to nearby villages, unable to harvest their crops as the latest battle took off – and warmongering spread.
Afghan observers feel their situation is unlikely to change for the better in the near future.
In January last year, over 450,000 people were displaced by conflict in Afghanistan, of whom 289,000 had been removed for more than a year, according to the UN, emphasising on the role of the government and aid agencies in a country already heavily dependent on international aid.
The internally displaced often bear the brunt of these conflicts and their abject poverty exasperates their situation, living in makeshift camps they have minimal access to basic amenities like sanitation or medical care.
"We get no help; we're forgotten, even in the winter, when people are dying," Mohammed Anwar, self-appointed head of refugee camp, was quoted as saying to RAWA news.
"People come with guns to steal from the poor. They strong-arm people," another camp leader, or malek, Mohammad Aslan, said.
The situation has made women vulnerable. “They think they can come here and take advantage of us,” says a camp resident, Shir Ali. “They think this area is a brothel, that our women are prostitutes.”
"Everyone is dying of hunger. There is no flour, no oil, no wood," lamented Atiqullah, another camp resident. "People look at us like dogs here."
The help displaced families get from the Afghan refugee ministry, which is supported by the UN refugee agency and other aid groups, is reducing by the year.
According to RAWA news, the Afghan government, however, discourages these settlements, fearing that these will attract even more people and authorities keep prodding them to return to their home provinces by offering assistance and free land.