According to Amnesty, as global attention and aid money has been diverted to other crises, the situation of people uprooted in Afghanistan has deteriorated dramatically in recent years.
 
“Even after fleeing their homes to seek safety, increasing numbers of Afghans are languishing in appalling conditions in their own country, and fighting for their survival with no end in sight” Champa Patel, South Asia director at Amnesty International said in a statement.
 
The insurgency in Afghanistan has gained strength since the withdrawal of international troops at the end of 2014 and the Taliban are stronger than at any point since 2001. The Taliban launched a spring offensive in Afghanistan last month, vowing to drive out the Western-backed government in Kabul and restore strict Islamic rule.
 
Displaced Afghans lack proper shelter, food, water, access to healthcare, employment and education, basically they are deprived of all basic human needs.
 
“Even an animal would not live in this hut, but we have to” Amnesty quoted a 50-year old woman living in a camp in the western Afghan city of Herat as saying.
 
The rights group said the international community and the Afghan government must address the needs of the displaced people “before it's too late”.