October 10, 2008

Overview

NATO to target Afghan drug operations

NATO defense ministers who met in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, agreed on Friday (October 10) to target Afghan drug traffickers and drug labs as part of efforts to stem the Taliban insurgency that many believe is in part fueled by drug revenues.  NATO spokesperson James Appathurai said NATO troops in conjunction with Afghan troops will now act "against facilities and facilitators" using drugs to finance the Taliban.  NATO in the past has been reluctant to tackle drugs, with many members fearful of compromising support from ordinary Afghans, including poor farmers who rely on such crops for their livelihoods.  NATO efforts to combat drugs will mainly be focused in southern provinces where poppy cultivation and the insurgency are both thriving.  US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has welcomed NATO's decision.  NATO's top operations commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Craddock, who attended the meeting in Budapest, also pushed alliance members to tackle the drug trade.  Craddock told alliance members that the opium trade contributed funds to the Taliban-led insurgency to the tune of US$100 million.  It is estimated that Afghanistan's southern provinces account for more than 66 percent of the country's overall opium output.  Craddock told Reuters, "You cannot have a safe and secure environment with a scourge of narcotics rampant."

Dozens killed in clashes, attacks and bombings across Afghanistan

Dozens of people, mostly suspected militants, were killed in the latest security incidents reported across Afghanistan on Friday.  Three Afghan civilians, including a female, were wounded when foreign forces opened fire at a private car in the center of the capital, Kabul, on Friday.  A provincial intelligence chief was killed and three policemen were wounded when a suicide bomber on foot struck in Baak district in the eastern province of Khost on Friday.  A suicide bomber targeted a foreign military convoy in Jalalabad city in eastern Nangarhar province on Friday, wounding two soldiers and an interpreter.  Five Taliban militants were killed and two Afghan policemen and two other militants wounded during a gun battle in Andar district in the eastern province of Ghazni on Thursday (October 9).  According to the provincial police chief, Assadullah Shirzad, Afghan and NATO-led forces killed 27 militants in Nad Ali district in southern Helmand province in a battle that began on Thursday, Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) reported.  Two Afghan policemen were also wounded in the clash.  Taliban insurgents ambushed a convoy of a US security company, US Protection and Investigations, in Bala Baluk district in western Farah province on Thursday, killing two guards and setting fire to 11 trucks.  The convoy was carrying supplies for foreign troops in Afghanistan. US-led coalition forces also claimed to have killed 18 Taliban militants in Helmand's Nahr Surkh district on Wednesday (October 8).  These incidents underscore persistent insecurity across Afghanistan that has escalated to alarming levels in recent months.  The US has called on its NATO allies to send more troops to Afghanistan to stem the "downward spiral" of violence.

Cholera kills 17 in Afghanistan

In northern, eastern and southeastern Afghanistan, an outbreak of El-Tor cholera has killed at least 17 people, mostly women and children, in the past few weeks, the UN's Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) reported the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) as saying. Abdullah Fahim, a spokesman for the MoPH, said El-Tor cholera is not a classic cholera which quickly turns into an epidemic. He said, El-Tor, a strain of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, is less fatal and controllable. Despite the El-Tor strain not being as life-threatening as other cholera strains, the El-Tor bacterium stays in the body longer and is capable of host-to-host transmission, health experts said. So far, in 13 of the country's 34 provinces, over 1,100 people with diarrhea and vomiting caused by the outbreak have received treatment at medical facilities. IRIN reported health workers blaming the outbreak on the use of contaminated water and poor sanitation. The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) noted that less than 24 percent of Afghanistan's estimated 26.6 million people have access to improved drinking water and only 12 percent have access to improved sanitation. Severe drought has affected parts of the country, making living conditions difficult for many communities and forcing people to use unsafe water. Teams of health workers with medication have already been sent to the affected provinces to aid local authorities control the spread of the bacteria, the MoPH said. Fahim reported that the disease had been controlled in nine provinces and similar efforts were under way in the other four provinces. Water chlorination in affected areas and promoting public awareness about personal sanitation and communal hygiene are top priorities.

UN refugee agency says more than 250,000 Afghan refugees repatriated this year

The office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says Afghan refugee repatriations so far this year (2008) have surpassed 250,000. In a media release Tuesday (October 7), UNHCR said since January this year, it has assisted some 251,800 registered Afghan refugees in Pakistan and Iran. Most of those repatriated (248,951) under the UN-assisted voluntary repatriation campaign came from Pakistan, while Iran accounted for 2,929 returns. Some 63 percent of the returnees went to eastern Afghanistan while 13 percent returned to the capital, Kabul. Many of the returnees cited high cost of living amid rising food and fuel prices and insecurity in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province as the reasons for their return. Although most of the returnees have gone back to their places of origin, some have not been able to go back as they have no land, shelter, economic prospects or security. These are among more than 30,000 people who have been living in five make-shift settlements in eastern Nangarhar and Laghman provinces. UNHCR is scheduled to temporarily suspend its voluntary repatriation operations later this month due to seasonal slow down during the fast approaching winter. UNHCR will resume repatriation activities in March 2009.

Movement

2008: UNHCR said this week that some 251,800 registered Afghan refugees in Pakistan and Iran have returned to their homes so far this year. Most of those repatriated (248,951) under the UN-assisted voluntary repatriation campaign came from Pakistan, while Iran accounted for 2,929 returns. (UNHCR, Oct-7)

Some 2,800 Pakistani families crossed the border into northeastern Afghanistan over the past two months to escape fighting between militants and Pakistani security forces in Bajur region.  Most of the people are reportedly in Kunar province.  (AFP, Sept-19)

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. 

Afghanistan Relief Efforts:  United Nations Coordination Regions

Central Region

Location	Central Region
Coordination
Population
IDP Movement
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)
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)
NFIs -Shelter	IOM, UNICEF, UNOCHA, & OXFAM
Water & Sanitation	UNICEF
Security	Afghan and US-led coalition forces reportedly killed 12 Taliban militants in a clash in Uruzgan (also spelled Oruzgan) province on Wednesday (October 8). Residents in nearby village told troops that 10 civilians were killed by militant fire. (Khaleej Times, Oct-9) NATO-led forces said on Sunday (October 5) that they had captured a Taliban commander, Mullah Sakhi Dad, and another senior commander during a raid at a compound in Tirin Kot, the capital of Uruzgan on October 1.  (Khaleej Times, Oct-5) Two men were killed in a US-led coalition search operation in Andar district in Ghazni province on October 3. (Reliefweb, Yahoo, Khaleej Times, Oct-6) Six Afghans were killed and four others wounded when a bomb ripped through a civilian vehicle near the provincial capital, Tirin Kot in south-central Uruzgan province on Monday (September 22). (AP, Sept-22)
Comments	IOM provided shelter materials to 21 vulnerable families in Bamyan province the week of July 20.  (IOM, Jul-25)

East Central Region

Location	East Central Region
Coordination	UNHCR
Population
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;
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
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
Non-Food Items - Shelter	UNHCR, ACTED, MSF, IRC, ICRC, IOM
Security	Three Afghan civilians were wounded when foreign forces opened fire at a private car in the center of Kabul on Friday (October 10).  (Reliefweb, Oct-10) Five Afghan policemen were killed and a senior police official wounded in two separate attacks on the outskirts of Kabul on Wednesday (September 24). General Ali Shah Paktiawal, the head of criminal investigations for the Kabul police was wounded and two of his guards killed as they were investigating the overnight killings of three police officers at a checkpoint in the western outskirts of Kabul, when the blast struck.  (MSNBC,BBC, Sept-24)
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
Comments	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)

Eastern Region

Location	Eastern Region
Coordination	UNHCR, International Islamic Relief Organization;
Population
IDP Movement	UNHCR
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)
Health	Provincial officials in Khost, Nangarhar and southern Kandahar provinces confirmed hundreds of diarrhea cases due to water contamination from floods. (IRIN, July-11)
Non-Food Items - Shelter	CWS, UNICEF
Security	A provincial intelligence chief was killed and three policemen were wounded when a suicide bomber on foot struck in Baak district in Khost province on Friday (October 10).  (Reliefweb, Oct-10) A suicide bomber targeted a foreign military convoy in Jalalabad city in Nangarhar province on Friday, wounding two soldiers and an interpreter.  (Reliefweb, Oct-10) Five Taliban militants were killed and two Afghan policemen and two other militants were wounded during a gun battle in Andar district in Ghazni province on Thursday (October 9)  (Reliefweb, Oct-10) One militant was killed Wednesday (October 8) on a road in Khost after a mine he was trying to plant exploded. There were no other casualties reported from the incident.  (Khaleej Times, Dawn, Oct-9) On Sunday (October 5) officials in Paktika province said they discovered the body of a sports official who was abducted and killed on Saturday (October 4) by suspected Taliban militants. (Reliefweb, Yahoo, Khaleej Times, Oct-6) US-led coalition forces claim to have killed three suspected militants in Kunar province after they were seen approaching a coalition base on October 3. (Reliefweb, Yahoo, Khaleej Times, Oct-6)
Water & Sanitation	CARITAS; ICRC, UNICEF
Comments

Northeastern Region

Location	Northeastern Region
Coordination
Population	9,000 active IDPs in North and Northeast
Movement IDPs
Food
Health	WHO, Merlin, UNICEF, MSF; ICRC
Non-Food Items (NFIs) -Shelter	UNICEF, ACTED, Refugees Int’l, Mercy Corps
Security
Water & Sanitation
Comments	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)

Northern Region

Location	Northern Region
Coordination	UNHCR, IOM
Population	9,000 active IDPs in North and Northeast; 60,000 IDPs from North elsewhere in country.
Movement IDPs	IOM
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)
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)
NFIs –Shelter	IOM, ACTED, Mercy Corps
Security	A suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden car near a convoy of German and Afghan troops in the northern city of Kunduz, in Kunduz province, killing himself.  No injuries were reported among Afghan and German troops.  (KT, Sept-23)
Water & Sanitation	UNICEF, ICRC, DACAAR
Comments	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)

Southern Region

Location	Southern Region
Coordination	UNHCR
Population
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)
Food	UNICEF; Mercy Corps; CARITAS; WFP
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)
NFIs - Shelter	UNHCR, Mercy Corps
Security	Afghan and NATO-led forces killed 27 militants in Nad Ali district in southern Helmand province in a battle that began on Thursday (October 9)  (Khaleej Times, Oct-10) US-led coalition forces claimed to have killed 18 Taliban militants in Helmand's Nahr Surkh district on Wednesday (October 8).  (Khaleej Times, Oct-10) Afghan and foreign forces backed by air support killed nine militants in Helmand on Wednesday after they were attacked by militants. (Dawn, Khaleej Times, Yahoo, Oct-9) Afghan and foreign forces killed at least 16 Taliban militants in a clash in Nad Ali district in Helmand province on Monday (October 6)  (Reliefweb, ABC, Dawn, Oct-7) Dozens of Taliban militants reportedly ambushed a joint US-Afghan military convoy in Qalat district in Zabul province on Sunday (October 5). The troops called in airstrikes that left 43 militants dead.  (Reliefweb, Dawn, Oct-7) NATO-led forces killed several militants in an airstrike on October 3 in Panjwai district in Kandahar province after a foot patrol came under attack.  (Reliefweb, Yahoo, Khaleej Times, Oct-6)
Water & Sanitation	UNICEF
Comments	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

Location	Zhare Dasht - South of Kandahar – 6 camps
Type	IDP Camp
Coordination	UNHCR
Camp Capacity	30,000; expandable to 60,000
Population	125,000 IDPs in south; 48,500 at Zhare Dasht
Movement IDP
Food	WFP
Health	UNICEF, MSF
NFIs – Shelter
Security
Water & Sanitation	UNICEF
Comments	Support for Spin Boldak camps terminated in 2004.

Western Region

Location	Western Region
Coordination	UNHCR; ICMC
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
Movement IDPs	IOM
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)
Health	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)
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)
Security	Taliban insurgents ambushed a convoy of a US security company US Protection and Investigations (USPI) in Bala Baluk district in western Farah province on Thursday (October 9), killing two guards and setting fire to eleven trucks.  (Reliefweb, Oct-10) The Afghan defense ministry said six militants were killed in a military operation in Bakwa district in western Farah province on Wednesday (October 8). (Khaleej Times, Dawn, Oct-9) One Afghan soldier and three civilians were wounded when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden motorbike into an Afghan National Army convoy in Guzara district in western Herat province on Sunday (October 5).  (PressTV, Oct-5)
Water & Sanitation	UNICEF
Comments

Refugee Camps in Pakistan

Location	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)
Type	Refugee Camps
Coordination	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)
Camp Capacity	About one million mostly long term Afghans in 74 camps—down from about 200 camps.
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)
Refugee Movement
Food	WFP, CRS, ARC
Health	UNICEF, MSF
Non-Food Items (NFIs) - Shelter	CRS
Security
Water & Sanitation	IFRC, MDM
Comments