The local authorities of Ghazni province have reported heavy snowfall during the two days of the New Year in several districts of the province and say that the thickness of the snow in some areas is up to 70 cm. According to them, at the beginning of the snowfall, a number of roads were also blocked, which have now been cleared.

 A report by United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) showed that countrywide conflict displacements in Afghanistan is now touching over 289,867 in Afghanistan which the report says is quite concerning.

Afghanistan’s Ghazni province is once again under fire. The Taliban, despite being in talks with several international stakeholders to find a peaceful solution to the conflict, laid siege earlier this month to Jaghori and Malistan, two relatively safer districts, forcing thousands to flee their homes. The districts are populated predominantly by the ...

Residents said the insurgents launched a heavy attack but were pushed back by security forces and public uprising forces. 

The United Nations warned Wednesday that days of heavy fighting in parts of central-eastern Afghanistan has worsened humanitarian conditions, and urged warring parties to ensure safe passage for civilians attempting to leave the affected districts.

The UN in Afghanistan confirmed on Wednesday the latest clashes in Malistan and Jaghori districts in central Ghazni province have displaced more than 5,000 families in the war-torn country.

Malistan and Jaghori residents who fled their homes paint grim picture of the ongoing crisis in Ghazni province.