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Humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan
Over half a million people have already been displaced by the violence in Afghanistan so far this year.
Some 80 per cent of nearly a quarter of a million Afghans forced to flee since the end of May are women and children.
This latest situation is only adding more suffering to an already tragic situation, in which over 5 million Afghans are displaced in the country and across borders.
UNHCR is on the ground to provide lifesaving care and protection to families in need of help.
US$430
could provide an emergency shelter kit to a displaced family in Afghanistan
US$73
could provide a kit of core relief items, including blankets and sleeping mats and a kitchen set, to an Afghan refugee family in Pakistan
US$10
could provide a sanitary kit, which includes soap bars and napkins, to a displaced Afghan family in Iran
(image © UNHCR/Edris Lutfi)
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