Afghanistan Weekly Field Report 29 October – 04 November 2018

Key issues in the past week: • A total of 282,000 people have been verified as having been displaced by conflict in 2018. • Three new polio cases have been recorded in the south and east of the country. • 223,100 people are currently estimated to be displaced in the western region as a result of drought.

9,758 158,000 282,000 New IDPs reported People assisted in Total verified in the past week the past week IDPs in 2018

Countrywide conflict displacement Provinces with conflict displacement in the past week , according to initial reports. A total of 281,979 people have been verified as having approximately 680 people from Gulistan district of Farah to been displaced by conflict in 2018, according to OCHA’s the provincial capital Zaranj. Displacement Tracking System (DTS) , an increase of Polio Alert 8,463 on the previous week’s total. Overall, the number of people displaced so far is 32% less than the same period Three new polio cases have been recorded in the south and last year (416,662). east of the country. According to the Ministry of Public Health, a five months old girl in Parun district of Nuristan, a Conflict Displacement Alerts (see map & remark on p.2) two years old girl in Nawzad district of Hilmand and a 14- Alerts of conflict displacement are shared based on initial month old girl in Maiwand district of Kandahar were information received from the ground. Numbers can change diagnosed with polio. So far in 2018, 19 cases of polio have as more information becomes available. already been confirmed, exceeding the 2017 total of 13 Central Region: Around 3,815 people have been displaced cases. A polio immunization round will start on 5 November from insecure areas of Paktika to Urgun and Sharana and continue for five days in 18 provinces. districts. Around 2,660 people have been displaced to Cluster updates Malistan and Jaghuri districts of Ghazni following armed The Gender Based Violence (GBV) Sub-Cluster led by conflict in Khas Uruzgan district of Uruzgan province. UNFPA reached more than 6,400 people in the past week Southern Region: According to ANDMA Kandahar, around in four regions with GBV-services and health education. 1,260 people have been displaced from insecure areas of Returns to Afghanistan the province to the Kandahar city during the past week. From 28 October to 03 November, a total of 13,294 Afghan Eastern Region: According to DoRR Nangarhar, around citizens returned to their home country. According to 2,020 people have been displaced from different areas of UNHCR , 179 Afghan refugees returned voluntarily from the province to Behsud, Jalalabad City, Rodat and Surkhrod Pakistan and 33 from Iran. According to IOM , 600 Afghan districts. citizens returned from Pakistan on their own and 80 were Drought (see response section) deported; from Iran, 6,751 returned on their own and 5,651 Humanitarian actors in the west of the country have were deported. undertaken a verification exercise of drought-induced Security Incidents and Humanitarian Access displacement. The results estimate that a total of 223,100 The Andkhoy-Maimana highway continues to be people are displaced in the western region of which 147,600 contested, impacting humanitarian access to drought- are in Herat, 70,000 in Badghis and 5,500 in Ghor provinces. affected and conflict-induced displaced populations. Unfortunately, initial reports of loss of life due to the cold Ongoing Response Activities (see page 2 for details) weather have been received from Herat and Badghis During the past week, some 158,000 people affected by drought displaced communities. According to these initial conflict and natural disasters including drought and reports 3 children reportedly died in Kharistan (Badghis) on returnees received humanitarian assistance. Aid included the night of 30-31 October. Another child reportedly died in cash, food, hygiene kits for families and women, emergency Shahrak-e-Sabz (Herat) on the night of 31 October. household items, emergency shelter and winter kits for There were also cases of flash floods in three displacement children as well as sanitation services and provision of sites (Chakarha, Faristan and Baghlar) in Qala-e-Naw of sustained access to safe drinking water. Activities were Badghis during the past week. While the impact of flooding reported from Badghis, Balkh, Faryab, Ghor, Hirat, Jawzjan, was minimal, communities living on the riverbeds in Faristan Kandahar, Khost, Kunar, Kunduz and Nangarhar provinces and Baghlar are at serious risk. Zabul DoRR has reported by organisations including ACF, ACTED, AHDAA, the displacement of 3,500 people due to drought from areas Christian Aid, DACAAR, DRC-DDG, IMC, NRC, Oxfam, within the province to Shahjoy district. Similarly, DoRR RRAA, TSDCO, UNICEF, WFP, WV and ZOA/SHPOUL . Nimroz has reported drought-induced displacement of

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People displaced by conflict assisted in the past week

Internally Displaced People assisted by sector in 2018

Internally Displaced People assisted by week in 2018

Remark: Alerts of conflict displacement are shared based on initial reports from the ground and numbers can change as more information becomes available and figures are triangulated. To calculate the number of people per displaced family, the national average of seven family members is used. Acronyms: ACF, Action Against Hunger | AA, Afghan Aid | AFN, Afghan afghani; 1,000 AFN ~ US$14.60 | ANDMA, Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority | ANSF, Afghan National Security Forces | ARCS, Afghan Red Crescent Society | COAR, Coordination of Afghan Relief | CWSA, Community World Service Asia | DAC, District Administrative Centre | BPHS, Basic Package of Health Services | DACAAR, Danish Committee for Aid to Afghan Refugees | DoRR, Directorate of Refugees and Repatriation | DRA, Dutch Relief Alliance | DRC-DDG, Danish Refugee Council - Danish Demining Group | DRRD, Department for Rural Rehabilitation and Development | ESNFI, Emergency Shelter & NFI Cluster | FSAC, Food Security & Agriculture Cluster | HI, Handicap International | HRDA, Human Resource Development Agency | ICRC, International Committee of the Red Cross | IDP, Internally Displaced Person | IED, improvised explosive device | IFRC, International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent | IMC, International Medical Corps | IOM, International Organization for Migration | IRC, International Rescue Committee | NFI, Non-food item | NCRO, New Consultancy and Relief Organization | NRC, Norwegian Refugee Council | MPC, multi-purpose cash assistance | OCT, Operational Coordination Team | OHD, Organization for Humanitarian and Development | OHW, Organization of Human Welfare | PIN, People In Need | PU-AMI, Première Urgence - Aide Médicale Internationale | RI, Relief International | SCI, Save the Children International | SHPOUL, Sound Humanitarian, Participatory & Organizational Uplift | SI, Solidarités International | SVA, Shanti Volunteer Association | UNHCR, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees| UNICEF, UN Children's Fund | UNMAS, UN Mine Action Service | WASH, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene | WFP, World Food Programme | WHH, Welthungerhilfe | Sources: The Weekly Field Report is prepared by OCHA in collaboration with humanitarian partners and Clusters.

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