80,000 Afghans forcibly displaced
Posted by ac on February 9th, 2010
“Prior to the US-led offensive, which will be the first major attack on a Taliban-controlled region since US President Barack Obama announced a 30,000 troop increase in the occupation forces in December, Afghan soldiers visited local tribal elders to warn them to stay off the roads.
But Marjah tribal elder Mohammed Hakim said that people were “more afraid now. Everybody is worried that they’ll get caught in the middle of the fighting and that they will have no choice but to leave their land.”
“But if I have to leave my fields for months and months, how will I feed my family?” he asked.”
