Afghanistan least peaceful country in world for 5th consecutive year

Category : International Published on: July 04 2023

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Afghanistan is the least peaceful country in the world for the fifth consecutive year, according to the 'Global Peace Index 2022' report released by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP).
Taliban reacted to the findings and called it ‘unjust’.
Yemen, Syria, Russia, and South Sudan are followed by Afghanistan in the Global Peace Index 2022 report.
It also stated that Afghanistan recorded the largest reduction in deaths from armed conflicts last year with the number of conflict deaths from almost 43,000 has fallen to just more than 4,000.
The Index said that terrorist incidents in Afghanistan reduced by 75 per cent in 2022 and deaths from terrorism reduced by 58 per cent.