
September 19, 2008

Dozens killed in violence across Afghanistan this week
Dozens of people, including civilians, were killed in multiple attacks, bombings and clashes across Afghanistan this week. In the latest violence today (Friday, September 19), four civilians, including women and children, were killed when rockets aimed at a NATO-led ISAF base in eastern Paktika province fell short of their intended target and landed on a field in Zirkoh district, killing three women and a child working there. Taliban insurgents killed two police officers in eastern Paktika on Thursday (September 18). A solider from the NATO-led forces was killed Thursday in eastern Afghanistan by insurgents, but NATO did not give out any other details. At least three persons, including a tribal commander allied with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, were killed by NATO forces in southern Uruzgan province Wednesday (September 17) night, in what is being described as a result of a “misunderstanding.” Four US-led coalition soldiers and an Afghan national were killed in an improvised explosive device explosion in eastern Paktika province, also on Wednesday. Five Afghan police were reportedly wounded when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in central Logar province on Wednesday. A provincial official said that at least three police officers were wounded in another roadside bombing in Shindad region in western Herat. Coalition troops killed two Taliban insurgents and detained two others in a clash in the central province of Ghazni on Tuesday (September 16). Afghan police killed six Taliban insurgents in a clash in Maidan Wardak on Tuesday, while an Afghan intelligence officer, his wife and two sons were killed in an attack by the insurgents at their house in the eastern Kunar province on the same day. Two Afghan doctors were killed and 16 other people were wounded when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into a marked World Health Organization (WHO) convoy near the border town of Spin Boldak in southern Kandahar province last Sunday (September 14). Six Afghan children were killed and 16 others were wounded on Sunday in the eastern province of Ghazni when a bomb they were playing with exploded. A governor of central Logar province, two of his bodyguards and a driver, were killed in an attack outside the governor’s residence in Paghman city, some 12 miles (20 km) west of the capital Kabul on Saturday (September 13).
Civilian casualties in Afghanistan up by 40 percent: UN report
Civilian casualties in Afghanistan rose by nearly 40 percent during the first eight months of this year compared
to the same period in 2007. In a report released on Tuesday (September 16) in Geneva, Switzerland, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said
casualties in insurgency-related violence rose by 39 percent in 2008 compared
to the same period the previous year. The report noted that the Taliban and
other insurgent groups caused 800 of the 1,445 deaths, accounting for some 55
percent of the overall civilian death toll. According to the report, Afghan and
US-led coalition forces were responsible for 577 deaths, while the
responsibility for the remaining 68 deaths was not clear. UN Human Rights
spokesman Rupert Colville said August, with 330 civilian casualties, was the
worst month since the ouster of the hardline Taliban regime at the end of 2001.
He said most of the killings were caused by suicide attacks and improvised
explosive devices. Colville said there is growing evidence that the Taliban are
carrying out a systematic campaign of intimidation and violence against
civilians they believe are aligned with the government, the international
community and military forces. He said the Taliban have carried out more than
140 summary executions this year. Colville said according to statistics, 395 of
the 577 civilians killed by the pro-government forces were killed in operations
involving airstrikes. Last year some 1,040 civilians were killed in violence
across Afghanistan during the first eight months of the year. The Taliban
accounted for 462 civilian deaths, while foreign and pro-government forces
accounted for 477 deaths in 2007.
US apologizes over Afghan
civilian deaths, reviews Afghan anti-Taliban strategy
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates visited
Kabul on Tuesday (September 16) to discuss a new strategy against insurgent
groups in Afghanistan. Gates' visit came amid growing concerns about the
effectiveness of the present US strategy in Afghanistan and mounting civilian
casualties in NATO and US-led coalition airstrikes in the country. Following a
meeting with Afghan President Karzai, Gates expressed "sincere condolences
and personal regrets" over the loss of civilian lives and pledged that US
and NATO forces would do more to prevent civilian casualties. Gates said,
"While no military has ever done more to prevent civilian casualties, it
is clear that we have to work even harder." Gates also endorsed calls by
the senior US commander, Gen. David McKiernan, for three more brigades on top
of some 4,500-5,000 troops that US President George W. Bush has ordered to
deploy to Afghanistan by early 2009. The new request could add another 15,000
troops in Afghanistan. Gates said, "My expectation is that we will be able
to meet the requirements the commanders have here during the course of
2009." However, he did not say where the new troops will come from. On
Tuesday, McKiernan said that a troop shortage had increased the military's
reliance on airstrikes that in turn had contributed to an increase in civilian
casualties.
Movement
2008: UNHCR is asking Pakistan to revise its Afghan refugee repatriation plan, as the current plan to repatriate some 2.4 million refugees by the end of next year (2009) is “unworkable” due to persistent insecurity and lack of economic opportunities. (BBC, Apr-18). UNHCR said this week that since March 1, when the repatriation campaign resumed from Pakistan, more than 200,000 Afghan refugees have returned to Afghanistan. (UNHCR, Aug-4))
2007: UNHCR temporarily suspends the Afghan voluntary repatriation campaign in Pakistan until March 2008 due to seasonal slowdown. (IRIN, Nov-2). Pakistan has reportedly extended the deadline to close Jalozai camp until March 2008. (IRIN, Sep-4). The UNHCR has asked Pakistan to temporarily suspend closure of Jalozai refugee camp in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) that was originally scheduled to be closed on August 31. UNHCR said due to the fast approaching Muslim holy month of Ramadan and winter season, conditions were not conducive for the return of some 100,000 camp residents. UNHCR said any forceful return of these refugees could lead to secondary displacement.
Pakistan is to close all Afghan refugee camps by December 2009 and to repatriate all refugees living in the country. UNHCR says it has repatriated over 306,000 Afghan refugees from Pakistan so far this year under its voluntary repatriation campaign. (UNHCR, Aug-10)
4.2 million refugees have returned to Afghanistan, and 500,000 IDPs returned home since early 2002. Close to 3 million of the refugees returned from Pakistan. 2.6 million Afghans remain in Pakistan, including one million in 74 long-term camps. About 1.5 million Afghans returned from Iran. Taking into account unassisted returns, perhaps 600,000 to 700,000 Afghans remain in Iran—up to 30,000 are in seven camps.
Iran deported some 85,000 unregistered refugees to Afghanistan during April 21 - May 14, 2007. Iranian officials say they plan to initially send back 500,000 of over a million illegal refugees in the country. Earlier this week, Iran said it has reached an agreement with the Afghan government to slow down the pace of expulsions for illegal Afghans living in the country.
Some 200,000 Afghan refugees in Pakistan have returned to their homes under the UN-assisted voluntary Afghan refugee repatriation program since it resumed on March 1, 2007, following a seasonal winter suspension. Pakistani authorities said voluntary repatriation of Afghan refugees in Pakistan that are without proof of registration (PoR) ended in April, and refugees remaining in the country without PoR are now considered illegal and subject to government action. Repatriation campaign for Afghan refugees with PoR.
2006: UNHCR expects to assist 550,000 returnees—400,000 from Pakistan and 150,000 from Iran. However, so far this year only some 60,000 Afghan refugees have repatriated from Pakistan. Unassisted returns are a factor from Pakistan and have been a major contributor to returns from Iran. The tripartite arrangement among UNHCR-Afghanistan-Pakistan is good through 2006. The UNHCR-Afghanistan-Iran Joint Program has been extended into 2007. Repatriation from Pakistan, halted for the winter, recommenced on March 1. UNHCR assisted nearly 9,000 refugees in returning from Pakistan and over 500 from Iran during March. In April 2006, Pakistan closed two long-term camps in NWFP, and two in Baluchistan Province with 250,000 long-term residents. Refugees in Baluchistan can either return to Afghanistan or relocate to Mohammad Kheil camp near Quetta. Refugees in NWFP are moving to Afghanistan or one of ten camps in NWFP—refugees are pushing for a one-year delay.
2005 plans called for 400,000 Afghan refugees to return home from Pakistan and 200,000 from Iran, down from an earlier 350,000 estimated from Iran. 453,000 returned from Pakistan. 67,000 from Iran were assisted and over 210,000 returned on their own to Iran for a total of nearly 280,000, and a combined Pakistan and Iran total of 733,000—close to the original projection.
2004 plans were for one million to return. Actual returnees were around 850,000, with 385,000 from Pakistan and 460,000 from Iran, including 80,000 spontaneous returns. Pakistan closed camps in South Waziristan and all new camps, with remaining new refugees going to Mohamed Kheil camp in Baluchistan Province.
Emphasis in 2003 was on repatriation from old camps and cities in Pakistan to rural areas in Afghanistan. 70 percent of returnees from Pakistan were from cities and 30 percent from camps. Over a third returned to Kabul, another 10 percent went to other central provinces, and just over 20 percent returned to each of the north and east. The Southern region received 6 percent and the Western region 4 percent. The 2003 peak months were June and July.
In 2002 over 2.3 million Afghan refugees returned with 2 million assisted by UNHCR. UNHCR repatriated 1.53 million Afghan refugees from Pakistan, including 125,000 from Baluchistan and 1.4 million from the North West Frontier Province. 82 percent were from urban areas; only 3 percent were from new camps. 265,000 refugees were assisted in returning from Iran; and 10,000 refugees from the central Asian republics.

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Central Region |
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IDP Movement |
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Food |
There have been at least six attacks on World Food Program (WFP) food convoys in 2008, and WFP has temporarily suspended food delivery to Daikundi province.(IRIN, May-28)
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Health |
Czech Republic-led PRT to begin construction of a new 20-bed facility for the existing Comprehensive Health Clinic in Mohammad Agha in Lowgar province. (NATO, Apr-24)
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NFIs -Shelter |
IOM, UNICEF, UNOCHA, & OXFAM |
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Water & Sanitation |
UNICEF |
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Security |
Five Afghan police were reportedly wounded when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in central Logar province on Wednesday (September 17). A provincial official said that at least three police officers were wounded in another roadside bombing in Shindad region in western Herat. (CNN, ABC, The News, Sep-18)
Coalition troops killed two Taliban insurgents and detained two others in a clash in the central province of Ghazni on Tuesday (September 16). (ABC, Reliefweb, Sep-16)
Six Afghan children were killed and 16 others wounded on Sunday (September 14), in Ghazni when a bomb they were playing with exploded. (BBC, KT, Sep-15)
An ISAF soldier from the Netherlands died Sunday (Sep-7) in a roadside bomb blast in Uruzgan province. (AP, AFP, Reuters, Sep-8)
On Monday (Sep-8), four Taliban fighters and an Afghan soldier were killed in a clash in Wardak province. (CNN, ABC, Reuters, Sep-9)
At least 15 suspected Taliban militants were killed and two were wounded Tuesday (Sep-9) in Uruzgan when Afghan security forces called in airstrikes during a clash. (CNN, ABC, Reuters, Sep-9)
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IOM provided shelter materials to 21 vulnerable families in Bamyan province the week of July 20. (IOM, Jul-25) |
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East Central Region |
Coordination |
UNHCR |
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Population |
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IDP Movement |
UN; Government encouraging refugees to return to home provinces to limit burden on Kabul—government land distribution program only in province of origin; |
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Food |
The government and the World Bank signed a US$8 million grant agreement to enhance wheat and cereal production by supporting small scale irrigation at the community level. The Afghanistan Food Crisis Response project focuses on medium-term investments needed to increase food security. (World Bank, Sep-11)
WFP has begun distributing wheat to some 650,000 beneficiaries affected by high food prices in Kabul and the surrounding areas. (Reliefweb, Mar-6, 2008)
IRC, Action Contra la Faim; WFP |
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Health |
The country remains under the national public health emergency declared on January 8, with 30,000 health workers requested to not take leave for the duration of the emergency period. (IRIN, Feb-14)
UNICEF, CARITAS, MSF, IFRC, IRC, ICRC |
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Non-Food Items - Shelter |
UNHCR, ACTED, MSF, IRC, ICRC, IOM |
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Security |
Afghan police killed six Taliban insurgents in a clash in Maidan Wardak on Tuesday (September 16), while an Afghan intelligence officer, his wife and two sons were killed in an attack by the insurgents at their house in the eastern Kunar province. (ABC, BBC, Reliefweb, Sep-16)
A governor of central Logar province, two of his bodyguards and a driver, were killed in an attack outside the governor’s residence in Paghman city, some 12 miles (20 km) west of Kabul on Saturday (September 13). (BBC, KT, Sep-15)
Two rockets landed near the US embassy and NATO headquarters in Kabul early Tuesday (Sep-9) morning, but no casualties were reported. (CNN, ABC, Reuters, Sep-9)
US-led coalition forces killed 10 militants in a security sweep aimed at a Taliban commander in Kapisa province on Thursday (Sep-11). (Reuters, Xinhua, Sep-12)
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Water & Sanitation |
An agreement has been signed between the UNHCR and the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) to provide safe drinking water for Afghan returnees from Pakistan and Iran, as well as IDPs. (UNHCR, Sep. 24)
ICRC |
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US Task Force Gladiator, Afghan National Police and a contracted supply company delivered 75 desks, 10 chalk boards and 150 sets of school supplies to Jurghati, Hasanzi and Shawo Katay villages in Kohi Sofi district of Parwan province on August 26. (GoUS, Sep-5)
On Wednesday (July 9), Afghanistan and UNAMA launched a joint appeal for US$404 million to ensure food security for 450,000 households, give livestock and agricultural assistance to 300,000 farming families and protect about 550,000 women and children from malnutrition. The appeal is designed to cover these and other projects through July 2009 and follows a US$77 million joint food appeal that was fully met earlier this year. (IRIN, Jul-9) |
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Eastern Region |
Coordination |
UNHCR, International Islamic Relief Organization; |
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Population |
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IDP Movement |
UNHCR |
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Food |
IRC
NATO-led ISAF PRT transported water pipes for a nearly seven-mile-long planned water supply project in Baghlan province. (NATO, Aug-23) |
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Health |
Provincial officials in Khost, Nangarhar and southern Kandahar provinces confirmed hundreds of diarrhea cases due to water contamination from floods. (IRIN, July-11)
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Non-Food Items - Shelter |
CWS, UNICEF |
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Security |
On Friday (September 19), four civilians, including women and children, were killed when rockets aimed at a NATO-led ISAF base in eastern Paktika province fell short of their intended target and landed on a field in Zirkoh district where they were working. (Reliefweb, Sep-19)
Taliban insurgents killed two police officers and wounded three others in eastern Paktika on Thursday (September 18). (CNN, ABC, The News, Sep. 18)
A solider from the NATO-led forces was killed Thursday in eastern Afghanistan by insurgents, but NATO did not give out any other details. (CNN, ABC, The News, Sep. 18)
Four US-led coalition soldiers and an Afghan national were killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion in eastern Paktika province on Wednesday (September 17). (ABC, CNN, Sep-17)
In Khost province, Afghan forces backed by US-led coalition troops killed 15 Taliban militants and arrested two others in a security sweep on Sunday (Sep-7). (AP, AFP, Reuters, Sep-9)
Five Taliban fighters were killed when they attacked a convoy carrying supplies for foreign troops near Qarabagh district in Ghazni province on Monday (Sep-8). (CNN, ABC, Reuters, Sep-9)
US-led forces targeted a network of veteran Taliban commander Jalaluddin Haqqani in Khost on Monday and detained two suspected members of the group. (CNN, ABC, Reuters, Sep-9)
Twelve militants, including nine Chechen fighters, were among those killed in an airstrike in Paktia province on Monday. (CNN, ABC, Reuters, Sep-9)
Two civilians were killed and 10 others wounded when a weapon fired by a NATO-led coalition aircraft missed its intended target and landed on a house in Khost on Tuesday (Sep-9). (CNN, ABC, Reuters, Sep-9)
A roadside bomb exploded Tuesday at an undisclosed location in eastern Afghanistan, killing three US-led coalition soldiers and a local contractor. (CNN, ABC, Reuters, Sep-9)
On Thursday (Sep-11), US-led coalition forces arrested two members of the Haqqani network in Khost. (Reuters, Xinhua, Sep-12)
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Water & Sanitation |
CARITAS; ICRC, UNICEF |
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Northeastern Region |
Coordination |
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Population |
9,000 active IDPs in North and Northeast |
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Movement IDPs |
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Food |
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Health |
WHO, Merlin, UNICEF, MSF; ICRC |
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Non-Food Items (NFIs) -Shelter |
UNICEF, ACTED, Refugees Int’l, Mercy Corps |
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Security |
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Water & Sanitation |
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The MoPH has asked the NATO-led Provincial Reconstruction Team in Badakhshan for air support to enable medical teams to service otherwise inaccessible areas. (IRIN, Feb-14)
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Northern Region |
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Coordination |
UNHCR, IOM |
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Population |
9,000 active IDPs in North and Northeast; 60,000 IDPs from North elsewhere in country. |
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Movement IDPs |
IOM
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Food |
A severe drought has been reported across northern Afghanistan, with the situation being worst in Faryab, Jowjan, Samangan, Saribul and Badghis provinces. Higher-than-normal summer temperatures and a lack of crucial rainfall have left northern rivers at record low water levels, hindering agricultural production and potable water sources. With the added issue of rising global food prices, farming families are unable to purchase basic food items. The governor of Faryab says the province is on the verge of a humanitarian crisis without immediate food aid. Badghis officials say almost all livestock and crops have been lost and more than 200 families are fleeing each day. There are no accurate figures for casualties or losses. Part of a US$404 million joint UN-Afghan appeal announced on July 9 will be used to feed drought-affected populations. (Institute for War and Peace Reporting, Jul-10)
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Health |
MSF, ICRC, UNICEF
At least 20 children have died in several districts of northern Balkh and central Daikundi provinces over the past five weeks due to water contamination from floods. (IRIN, July-12) |
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NFIs –Shelter |
IOM, ACTED, Mercy Corps |
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Security |
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Water & Sanitation |
UNICEF, ICRC, DACAAR |
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The Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development of Afghanistan has inaugurated 15 schools in seven districts of Balkh province. (GoA, Aug-30).
ISAF PRT helps flood-affected families in Khamyab and Qarqin districts in Jowzjan province at the request of provincial authorities. (Frontier Post, Aug-12) |
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Southern Region |
Coordination |
UNHCR |
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Population |
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Movement of IDPs |
Intense military operations against Afghan insurgents in southern Helmand province, especially in Musa Qala district, have caused hundreds of families to flee their homes to neighboring districts and the provincial capital, Lashkargah. (IRIN, Dec-6)
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Food |
UNICEF; Mercy Corps; CARITAS; WFP |
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Health |
A UNICEF-led Polio vaccination campaign was suspended in Musa Qala due to military operations. The campaign was also suspended in parts of five other districts. (ReliefWeb, Dec-20)
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NFIs - Shelter |
UNHCR, Mercy Corps
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At least three persons, including a tribal commander allied with Afghan President Karzai, was killed by NATO forces in southern Uruzgan province Wednesday (September 17). (ABC, The News, Sep-18)
Two Afghan doctors were killed and 16 other people wounded when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden vehicle into a marked WHO convoy near the border town of Spin Boldak in southern Kandahar province on Sunday (September 14). (BBC, KT, Sep-15)
An Afghan soldier was killed and four others were wounded in Kandahar on Tuesday (Sep-9) when explosives planted on a motorcycle exploded. (CNN, Reuters, ABC, Sep-9)
An attack on a convoy of US-based security company US Protection and Investigations killed two people in Kandahar on Thursday (Sep-11). (Reuters, Xinhua, Sep-12)
US Marines turned over responsibility of Garmser in southern Helmand to British and Afghan forces Monday (September 8). (AP, Sept-8) |
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Water & Sanitation |
UNICEF |
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India's Ambassador Jayant Prasad said that India has completed construction of a strategic road linking Afghanistan with a port in Iran. The 135-mile (220-km) road in southwestern Nimroz is part of India's US$1.1 billion reconstruction effort in Afghanistan. (Reuters, Sep-12).
Afghan security forces and ISAF delivered a new turbine to the hydro-power project at Kajaki Dam in Helmand province on Tuesday (Sep-2). It is the second of three turbines designed to refurbish the power plant, which should supply power for some 2 million people in Helmand and Kandahar. (NATO, AP, Sep-2-3)
The Afghan government has approved 19 reconstruction projects valued at US$1.4 million (72 million AFA) for Kandahar province. Projects are to be completed within nine months and are expected to benefit some 29,000 households in the region. (ReliefWeb, Mar-14). |
Southern Region IDP camps
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Zhare Dasht - South of Kandahar – 6 camps |
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IDP Camp |
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Coordination |
UNHCR |
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Camp Capacity |
30,000; expandable to 60,000 |
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Population |
125,000 IDPs in south; 48,500 at Zhare Dasht |
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Movement IDP |
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Food |
WFP |
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Health |
UNICEF, MSF
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NFIs – Shelter |
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Security |
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Water & Sanitation |
UNICEF |
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Support for Spin Boldak camps terminated in 2004. |
Western Region
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Western Region |
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Coordination |
UNHCR; ICMC |
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Population |
According to the IFRC, flash floods and avalanches in early March affected some 200 families in Herat city; 918 families in Gulran district; 35 families in Cheshte Sharif district; 150 families in Shindand district, 6,500 families in Badghis/Jawand and Murghab districts, and 20 families in Gour district. (IFRC, Mar-23)
12,000 IDPs, mostly in Maslakh camp |
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Movement IDPs |
IOM |
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Food |
IRC, CARITAS, UNICEF, World Vision, IOM, Action Contre la Faim; WFP
Provincial officials are seeking 1,733 tons of food aid to feed some 100,000 most vulnerable people affected by rising food prices in Ghor province. (IRIN, May-19)
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At least three people were killed in an outbreak of highly contagious Viral Hemorrhagic Fever in Herat city that was first reported on August 25, according to the Ministry of Public Health. Officials confirmed 10 suspected cases as of August 27 and said most of the infected were butchers, shepherds or others involved with animals. The patients were put in quarantine. (IRIN, Aug-27)
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Non-Food Items (NFIs) – Shelter |
Islamic Development Bank (IDB) distributed some 12,500 blankets and 150 tents to some 2,500 families in Herat. (FP, Apr-22)
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Security |
At least 15 Taliban fighters were killed Friday (Sep-12) in Farah province’s Bakwa district when they ambushed a security convoy carrying supplies for US-led coalition forces. Local police said staff from US Protection and Investigations, a security company that was escorting the convoy, also suffered casualties. Another official said four Afghan guards and four civilians were killed in the ambush. (Reuters, Xinhua, Sep-12)
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Water & Sanitation |
UNICEF |
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Long-term camps in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), NWFP, Baluchistan Province, and by capital, Islamabad; Mohamed Kheil 1 & 2 camps (85 km southwest of Quetta) |
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Refugee Camps |
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Afghanistan, Pakistan and UNHCR on August 2 extended the tripartite agreement governing the voluntary repatriation of registered Afghans from Pakistan through December 2009. The agreement provides a legal and operational framework for the process. To date, more than 3 million Afghans have returned from Pakistan under the voluntary repatriation program since 2002. This year, more than 300,000 Afghans have returned. (UNHCR, GOP, Aug-2)
The Kacha Garhi Afghan refugee camp was officially closed on July 26, 2007. Kacha Garhi, set up in 1980 and located in Hayatabad in NWFP, had 64,000 registered Afghans. The closure followed two years of negotiations, as many refugees initially did not want to repatriate. By the camp's closure, some 37,000 refugees had been repatriated by the UNHCR. Most refugees were originally from Afghanistan's eastern and central provinces of Nangarhar, Laghman, Kabul, and Logar. (UNHCR, July-27) |
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Camp Capacity |
About one million mostly long term Afghans in 74 camps—down from about 200 camps. |
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Population |
2.05 million registered Afghans remaining in Pakistan; 63 camps in NWFP, 12 in Baluchistan; and one million elsewhere; Many occupants are long-term residents or were born in Pakistan; (UNHCR, Aug-2)
Jungle Pir Alizai (Balochistan): 36,000, originally scheduled to close June 15.
Kacha Gari (NWFP): original population of 64,811, officially closed July 26 – 37,000 repatriated. (UNHCR, July-27)
Jalozai (NWFP): 109,934, originally scheduled to close August 31. UNHCR on August 22 requested Pakistan to temporarily suspend the camp’s closure due to insufficient time for some 100,000 people to move and settle into new places in the face of the fast approaching Ramadan and winter season. (UNHCR, Aug-22) The deadline was extended to April 15 due to the impending winter. According to IRIN, at least 352 have left Jalozai so far in March. (IRIN, Mar-20)
Girdi Jungle (Balochistan): 17,844, scheduled to close August 31. (IRIN, June-14) |
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Refugee Movement |
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Food |
WFP, CRS, ARC |
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Health |
UNICEF, MSF |
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Non-Food Items (NFIs) - Shelter |
CRS |
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Security |
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Water & Sanitation |
IFRC, MDM |
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