Complex sentence: In 1999 the area was affected by extensive fires which burned through thousands of acres of forest in the Dara Pech Valley, displacing some 300 people and the Taliban in power at the time appealed to the UN for assistance.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1999 the area was affected by extensive fires which burned through thousands of acres of forest in the Dara Pech Valley, displacing some 300 people. The Taliban in power at the time appealed to the UN for assistance.