U.N. readies for more displaced Afghans after troop withdrawal


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  • Tuesday, 15 Jun 2021

FILE PHOTO: A small inflatable boat carrying migrants from Afghanistan is towed by rescuers of the Refugee Rescue NGO, near Skala Sikamias, on the island of Lesbos, Greece, September 16, 2019. REUTERS/Giorgos Moutafis/File Photo

(Corrects spelling of Grandi throughout)

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations is preparing for a likely further displacement of civilians in Afghanistan after U.S. and international troops leave the country in September, U.N. refugee chief Filippo Grandi told Reuters on Monday.

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