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Southern Region Humanitarian Regional Team (HRT) Meeting Minutes Minutes of Meeting – 25 September 2017 Participants OCHA (Chair), INSO, HRDA, IOM, DRC, Mercy Corps, Mercy Malysia, OCHA‐WR, OHW, UNMAS, SCI, APA, UNHCR, SHAO, WFP, ICRC, MSF, INTERSOS, UNICEF and WHO Agenda Item and Discussion Action Point By Whom/Status Opening remarks by OCHA HoSO N/A N/A Minutes of previous meeting were reviewed (including action points) and adopted. Humanitarian overview in Southern Region – OCHA Situation overview: Continues conflicts in Southern Region led to sustains forced displacement, civilian causalities and human violation. Less cooperation of government with OCT/ HRT in verification and response activities and exaggerated IDPs figures. Moreover, Insufficient humanitarian capacity to manage the existing influx in Provinces and Humanitarian services (particularly health) interrupted by parties involved in conflict. Hilmand: With the regain of Nawa district, the ANSF conducted intense ground offensive search operation in order to clear N/A N/A Nawa district from NSAG and the road to Nawa district was cleared and open for movement while the roads to Nad‐ e‐Ali/Marja, while Garamser remained closed. The 4TH phase of interagency assessment was completed and has verified 244 HHs and the response to 149 HHs completed so far. Displacement from Nawa to Lashkargah has been reported and the IDPs in Garamser remain unaddressed. Kandahar: NSAG intensified attacks and clashes in Shahwalikot, Khakrez, Arghistan and Ghorak districts and this resulted civilian casualties. In the result of ANSF airstrikes and ground offensives reportedly killed 13 civilians as well as an IED incident in Daman district killed 06 civilians. Initially, nearly 1,000 IDPs HHs displaced in Kandahar were reported and the Interagency assessments is ongoing for the reported IDPs. So far in two phases the team has managed to identify 227 HHs. Conflict in Uruzgan, Hilmand and Northern district of Kandahar has produced IDPs in Kandahar city, Zheri and Panjwai district. The inadequate government capacity to manage the disorganized and growing petition lists remains a challenge. Coordination Saves Lives The mission of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is to mobilize and coordinate effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors. http://afg.humanitarianresponse.info/ Document Title | 2 Ururzgan: ANSF increased significant ground offensive and airstrike and has expended ground operaions to districts as well. ANSF warned civilians to remains distant from NSAG. There were a number of civilians’ causalities reported as a result of airstrike, cross firing and IEDs. Rehabilitation of KDH‐TK road will facilitate smooth movement for all type movements. No major changes in roads to districts as NSAGs still having control. NSAG forcibly closed all health facilities and nearly 5,00000 populations is derived from health services. Aid distribution to 422 verified IDP families completed. The ogoing conflicts has resulted in displacement of population to NSAG controlled areas as well as Tirinkot city and reportedly 2,800 more IDPs families submitted petitions to DoRR. Zabul: The security situation is not stable in Shahjoy district. NSAGs coordinated multiple attacks on ANSF check points in Shahjoy. Unconfirmed reports say that NSAGs asked people in Ghulam Rabat and Laly villages of Shahjoy to leave areas. Zabul DoRR informed OCHA about 433+230 more displaced in Qalat and Shahjoy and humanitarian response to 71 IDP families completed. Nimroz: Interagency assessment conducted for ND and conflict IDPs and verified and assisted 14 ND (sand storm) affected families 18 conflict IDPs. Regional Outlook: Possibility for increase in displacement and civilian causalities due to conflicts in the region. Security situation updates (INSO) INSO presented the security analysis for last four months from May to Aug 2017; He informed about Hilmand remained quite consistent, while in Kandahar there is slight decrease in incidents during June and July 2017 and in Aug it went up its mainly because the AOG got a lot of ground in Uruzgan and Hilmand last year and now they are trying to focused on northern part of Kandahar. There were major incidences in Khakriz, Shahwalikot and Mianashin and Nesh districts so that has increased the level of security incidents and the intensity of the conflict in Kandahar province so high. With the arrival of IMF the incidents have decreased in Uruzgan, as they are mostly based in Hilmand. And they also trying to keep ANSF busy in Uruzgan so they can carry out immediate attack on northern part of Kandhaar. we see a slight decrease in Zabul as well but these two provinces northern part N/A of Kandahar district and also central Uruzgan and some other district of Uruzgan seen a little increase in security N/A incidents. Hilmand province apart from June which was a month of Ramadan and it was quite the other three months are May, July and August remain pretty consistent and they carried out their activities quite on the same level. Now we see a spike in Kandahar in month of August this shows that the AOG pretty much active in term of carrying out their activities in the northern part of Kandahar. So that’s why we saw major or great attack on northern part of Kandahar or on the ANSF positions. We see a slight increase in Urzgan province and also a slight increase in Zabul province. Apart from them other provinces remain the same and not major change but the significant things we see in the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Coordination Saves Lives | http://afg.humanitarianresponse.info/ Document Title | 3 conflict in the SR is the IMF activities. Now if we look out the Hilmand provinces we see in May the level of IMF activities was very low and now with the arrival of additional IMF forces in Hilmand we see a spite and it has gone gradually up by each month. This is actually in response to what the AoG is doing and if they carry out the attack ANSF called for IMF support and IMF carry out their activities so that’s why their level of activities in Hilmand province went up. So that is one of the major reason that the AoG actually try to get space in Hilmand province and try to shift their focused from Hilmand to Uruzgan and to Kandahar. If we look at the road towards Uruzgan, the main pave road has closed for more than a year by opposition fighters or by AOG, this is the main road and pave road which was used for year by the local population, by NGOs by humanitarian actors that has enclosed by the opposition fighters in several occasions. What the government did they establish an alternate rod that people can move and resupply ANSF from that route. The road is still open for the population and currently the government decided to gravel that roads so that the people can use that road during winter season. Because the winter is approaching and many locations it is very difficult for local population to use last year. For the future we see the AoG activities looking out at the previous week and the IMF increase role in the region their activity will remain in the same level. And there won’t be any major changes in the region but still we will see some fighting in the southern Hilmand, Nawa, Garamsire district and some part of Lashkargah. In Kandahar we will see continuous fighting in northern districts like Nish, Mianishin and Shawalikot and Khakriz district. Central Tirinkot city would be actually the main aim of AoG to carry out their attacks on ANSF security built and highway connecting Kandahar and Zabul. From IMF and ANSF part we could expect some air strike and night raid in the region. Now with that the ANSF could also try to expand their operation and their clearing operation in Kandahar, Hilmand and Tirinkot city of Uruzgan province. Presentation on undocumented returnees/ deportees – IOM; IOM through presentation informed all participates about the ongoing cross border return and reintegration process for undocumented returnees (deportees and spontaneous) from Pakistan. The families are screened at zero point by DoRR and then referred to IOM for registration and later on the families proceed to IOM Transit center nearby Kandahr city for the detailed registration, meal/ refreshment and receive mixed food and NFIs assistance. The returnees under CBRR also receives cloths, hygiene kits and transportation cost/ tickets to destination from Establish information desk in IOM Kandhar. They are also provided with medical assistance, Mine Risk education in transit center. transit center to educate returning For minor unaccompanied children receives family tracing services. deportee/ returnee families about the Relevant agencies Under CBRR activities beneficiaries receives clothes, hygiene kits – Provide ticket for first way (From Kandahar to basic and legal services in the country provinces) and cash for second way ‐ Provide food and medical assistance – Family tracing of minors IOM highlighted a gap of information desk for returnees to educate the returning families about education, health and other legal and basic services in the country and requested relevant agencies for intervention. For detailed information please see enclosed presentation. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Coordination Saves Lives | http://afg.humanitarianresponse.info/ Document Title | 4 HAG: Humanitarian Access Group OCHA access coordinator in Afghanistan during his visit to Kandahar informed participants about established humanitarian access group (HAG) meeting in SR. He informed that Nangahar and Uruzgan are at the top of the the table with 22 access related incidents, closely followed by Hilmand and Badghis. It is noteworthy that the conflict is most protracted in these provinces. At the district level, Tirinkot, Kabul, Lashkargah, Balamurghab and Jalalabad top the table.