KABUL, DEC 01, (DNA) -With daily battles between the government forces and Taliban insurgents, the number of people who have fled their homes for safer parts of Afghanistan has hit a record high, the UN said Wednesday. As of November 30, 2016, more than half a million Afghans — 515,800 people — had been internally displaced by fighting, surpassing a previous record of 471,000 set last year, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The figure has more than doubled since 2014, pointing to a sharpRead More