Afghanistan Weekly Field Report

Week of 28 August – 3 September 2017 provinces. Some 130 have already received assistance in a joint response by DRC-DDG, IMC, IOM and NRC, the others will be assisted in the coming days. Ongoing Response Activities (please also see page 2) During the past week, more than 41,000 displaced people, undocumented returnees and refugees received some form of humanitarian assistance across the country. CR: In Khost, 721 displaced people from Janikhel district received food from WFP. In Malistan, Ghazni, DRC-DDG assisted 833 people with a first installment of AFN12,000 (US$175) per family and in Mahmud-e-Raqi, Kapisa, the NGO supported 231 people with cash for food and NFI family kits. WFP provided food to 24,500 refugees from Pakistan in Khost Gulan Camp, Tani and Spera districts of Khost Province and to 2,450 refugees in Urgun district, Paktika. Countrywide Conflict Displacement NR/NER: In Maymana City, Faryab, 896 displaced people From 1 January to 31 August 2017, 223,874 people have fled received cash assistance from ACTED, NFIs from UNCHR and their homes due to conflict in Afghanistan. This is 11,000 people food from WFP. In Jawzjan, 690 displaced people received food more than in the previous week. The provinces sheltering the from WFP, cash from PIN and NFIs from SCI and ARCS highest number of displaced people are Kunduz with 28,261 provided emergency assistance to 300 people who had fled into IDPs, Nangarhar with 27,401 IDPs and Uruzgan with 17,062. insecure areas of Shiberghan district. In Kunduz City, WFP distributed a second monthly food ration to 1,421 IDPs. In Central: Heavy clashes erupted in the past week over the control Baghlan Jadid, Baghlan, 952 IDPs received cash from ACTED, of Baraki Barak DAC, Logar, without causing new displacements, NFIs from UNHCR and DACAAR supplied WASH packages. according to DoRR. Clashes also continued over the control of Janikhel DAC, Pakyta. The area has reportedly already been ER: PU-AMI distributed AFN30,000 ($438) per family to 539 abandoned by most residents some weeks ago. In 2017, a total displaced people in eight districts of Kunar and ZOA/SHPOUL of 11,990 people have been verified as displaced in the Central distributed food and blankets to 1,050 IDPs in two districts of Region, just over 5 per cent of the total displacement. Nangarhar and in Jalalabad City. WFP distributed cash for food for one month to 728 undocumented returnees in Nangarhar, Northern/North Eastern: Following attacks on 26 August by Kunar and Laghman and CWSA distributed cash for food to NSAGs on villages in Garziwan district, Faryab, some 700 people 210 returnees in Nangarhar. IRC distributed cash for rent for reportedly displaced to Garziwan DAC. Around 5,200 people three months to 60 families in Behsud and Surkhrod, were displaced from more than half a dozen villages in Chardarah Nangarhar. At Torkham border crossing, IOM and UNICEF district, Kunduz, due to military operations that intensified on distributed NFIs to 52 returnee families and Health Cluster 2 September, according to first reports. Those displaced either partners provided consultations to nearly 3,400 returnees or moved to Kunduz City, Aliabad district or remain in Chardara displaced people and vaccinated more than 1,000 children. district. Some 450 people reportedly displaced from Dasht-e- IMC provided technical training to 267 masons on how to build Archi and Emamsaheb districts to Taloqan City, Takhar province. structures that better resist natural disasters like earthquakes In total, more than 2,100 displaced people arrived in Taloqan City in an effort to increase the resilience of communities. during the reporting period from Badakshan, Kunduz and Takhar provinces and verifications have begun. Since January, 90,190 WR: ACF distributed AFN 18,000 (US$ 265) as a first people have been verified as displaced in the Northern and instalment per family to 273 displaced people from DoLayna Northeastern regions, 40 per cent of this year’s total. district in Ghorqand area, north of Chaghcharan city, Ghor. In Qala-e-Naw, Badghis, WFP provided food to 116 displaced Eastern: No significant new displacements have been reported people, UNHCR distributed NFIs and NRC provided AFN from the Eastern Region during the reporting period. Since 14,000 (US$ 206) cash assistance per family. In Faryab, 147 January, 36,708 displaced people have been assessed in the displaced people from Ghormach, Badghis, received Eastern Region 16 per cent of the total displacement in 2017. AFN19,000 (US$ 280) cash assistance per family, UNHCR Southern/South Eastern: Military operations and clashes provided NFIs and hygiene kits and WFP distributed food. continued in Uruzgan and Zabul provinces without causing any Access Constraints and Security Incidents major displacements. Ongoing assessments in Lashkargah, Hilmand, were put on hold for the Eid celebrations. Some 51,731 SER: In Gomal district, Paktika, humanitarian partners were people are currently displaced in the Southern and Southeastern reportedly not allowed to assess the situation of some 350 regions, 23 per cent of the total displacements this year. displaced people, out of fear of local elders and representatives of the displaced community from members of an NSAG. Western: No major displacements have been reported during the reporting period. In total, 33,255 people are currently displaced in WR: Safe and consistent humanitarian access to several the Western Region. They account for 15 per cent of the total thousand displaced people in the south of Balamughab district, displaced people across the country. Badghis, has not been yet been established. The people fled into areas controlled by NSAG in mid-August after fighting erupted. Natural Disasters Following the heavy rains and flash floods in the Eastern Key dates & meetings Region on 24 and 25 August, 221 families have been identified NR: PDMC meeting/IDP response, Jawzjan, 7 September to receive assistance in Laghman, Kunar and Nangarhar SR: IDP response, Kandahar, 6 September (TBD)

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Humanitarian Response for Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in July and August 2017n Region Cluster Response Type People assisted in July and Partners Newly Identified IDPs August 2017 (People in need) July - Aug 2017 2017

Capital ESNFI Cash 1,670 DRC, CARE 1,154 11,962 Family kits 2,996 DRC, SI Kitchen sets 48 DRC FSAC Cash for food 1,412 DRC Food Package 2,765 WFP Other Unconditional cash 416 DRC WASH Hygiene kits 322 DACAAR Central Highland 28 Eastern ESNFI Cash 3,500 DRC, SCI, NRC, PU-AMI, APA, DORR, IRC, OHW 4,251 36,708 NFI Kits (Complete) 5,909 SCI, APA, UNHCR, SHPOUL, UNICEF FSAC Cash for food 2,779 DRC, SCI, NRC, PU-AMI, APA, DORR, OHW Food Package 6,623 SCI, WFP, SHPOUL, ANDMA North Eastern ESNFI Cash 13,664 ACTED, NRC 14,065 60,728 NFI Kits (Complete) 9,212 UNHCR, SCI FSAC Food Package 18,473 WFP, ANDMA WASH Hygiene kits 11,025 DACAAR Northern ESNFI NFI Kits (Complete) 3,437 SCI, UNHCR 7,756 29,462 Unconditional cash 2,660 UNHCR, WFP FSAC Food Package 2,842 WFP Other Unconditional cash 5,033 NRC, ACTED, CARE, PIN WASH Hygiene kits 749 SCI, DACAAR Souther Eastern FSAC Food Package 721 OHD Other Unconditional cash 3,010 PIN, DRC, IRC, SI 3,990 10,108 Southern ESNFI Cash 2,966 NRC, IRC, ACF 8,585 41,623 NFI Kits (Complete) 3,013 UNHCR FSAC Food Package 5,979 WFP Other Unconditional cash 786 ACF WASH Hygiene kits 3,653 UNICEF, DOPH, IRC Other 1,312 UNICEF Water containers 786 UNICEF Water treatment tablet 1,742 UNICEF Western ESNFI Blankets 756 UNHCR 17,773 33,255 Cash 6,032 DRC, NRC, ACF, UNHCR NFI Kits (Complete) 5,945 UNHCR, UNICEF, IRC Plastic Sheets 416 UNHCR Tents 462 UNHCR, IRC Unconditional cash 919 ACF, IRC FSAC Cash for food 6,396 DRC, WFP, NRC, ACF Food Package 2,761 WFP Unconditional cash 372 ACF Health Other 1,378 ACF, NRC Other Unconditional cash 11,499 DRC, ACF, NRC WASH Chlorine 2,659 DACAAR, IRC Emergency latrines 560 IRC Female hygiene kits 293 UNHCR Hygiene education 3,263 UNHCR, DACAAR, IRC, ACF Hygiene kits 6,818 ACF, UNHCR, DACAAR, IRC, UNICEF Unconditional cash 204 ACF Water provision (bottled or trucking) 672 DACAAR Water treatment tablet 533 IRC

Data source: OCHA Displacement Tracking System (Please note: data available as of 22 August 2017, numbers are expected to change as more information becomes available). To calculate the number of people per family, the national average of seven family members is used.

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