Thousands of Afghan families flee Taliban fighting

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Thousands of Afghan families flee fighting in former Taliban bastion

More than 22 000 Afghan families have fled from their homes to escape fighting in the former Taliban bastion of Kandahar, officials said on Sunday, as authorities arrested four suspected insurgents over this week's rocket attack on Kabul.

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Thousands of Afghan families flee Taliban fighting

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Thousands Of Afghan Families Flee Fighting In Former Taliban Bastion

More than 22,000 Afghan families have fled from their homes to escape fighting in the former Taliban bastion of Kandahar, officials said Sunday, as authorities arrested four suspected insurgents over this week's rocket attack on Kabul. Since early May, violence has surged across several provinces including in Kandahar after the insurgents launched a sweeping offensive just days after the US-led foreign forces began their final withdrawal.

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Thousands of Afghan families flee from fighting in Kandahar

Afghan officials said on Sunday that more 22,000 Afghan families had fled to escape fighting in Kandahar. It is a former bastion of the Taliban "The fighting has displaced 22,000 families in the past one month in Kandahar," Dost Mohammad Daryab, head of the provincial refugee department, told AFP. "They have all moved from the volatile districts of the city to safer areas."  Violence has surged in Afghanistan since May in the run up to the withd…

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Thousands of Afghan families flee fighting in former Taliban bastion of Kandahar

Human Rights Watch says there are reports that the Taliban are committing atrocities on civilians in areas they have captured.