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Agency for Rehabilitation & Energy-conservation in I AREA

Kandahar Survey Report

February 1996

AREA Office 17 - E Abdara Road UfTow Peshawar, Agency for Rehabilitation & Energy-conservation in Afghanistan I AREA

Kandahar Survey Report

Prepared by

Eng. Yama and Eng. S. Lutfullah Sayed ·• _ ...... "'

Content

- Introduction ...... 1

General information on Kandahar:

- Summery ...... 2 - History ...... 3 - Political situation ...... 5 - Economic ...... 5 - Population ...... 6 ·

- Shelter ...... 7

-Cost of labor and construction material ..... 13

-Construction of school buildings ...... 14

-Construction of clinic buildings ...... 20

- Miscellaneous:

- SWABAC ...... 2 4 -Cost of food stuff ...... 24 - House rent· ...... 2 5 - Travel to Kanadahar ...... 25

Technical recommendation .~ ...... ; .. 26 Introduction:

Agency for Rehabilitation & Energy-conservation in Afghanistan/ AREA intends to undertake some rehabilitation activities in the . In order to properly formulate the project proposals which AREA intends to submit to EC for funding consideration, a general survey of the province has been conducted at the end of Feb. 1996.

In line with this objective, two senior staff members of AREA traveled to Kandahar and collect the required information on various aspects of the province.

The information gathered in this report are obtained by contacting different Governmental departments and the Non Governmental Organizations working over there. In addition, the survey team undertook frequent missions into different districts of the province in order to gather specific information on the current statues of the school and clinic buildings, the destruction level of the houses and the availability of construction material and manpower in the area. Since AREA will mainly commence the activities in regards to shelter and construction of public buildings "school and clinic buildings", therefore the survey team have mainly focused on these topics and their observations are reflected in this report. ,-- I

General information on Kandahar province

Summery:

Kandahar province is the second l a rgest province of Afghanistan 2 ( 47666 krn ) and, with a pr e-war population of nearly 570,000 was the second-most populous province of the country accounting for more than four percent of the country's entire settled population. Located in the southeastern corner of the country, Kandahar shares a 250 mile border with the Pakistan province of. Baluchistan. kandahar is bounded on the north a nd north west by the mountainous provinces of Uruzgan and Za bul r espectively and in the west by Helmand. The province is drained by t wo major river systems, the and Arghandab vJhich s upport most of the Kandahar's agriculture and population. The s outhern half of the province is largely unpopulated desert in the district of Shorawak. Kandahar is the gateway for much of southern and western Afghanistan. The capital of the province, Kandahar city (markaz), has a major airport and is situated at the · junction of the country's main highway and its major southe rn link route to Pakistan (via the Baluchistan border town of ) . Because of its strategic location, its well developed agricultural base and the high level of its population's support for the monarchy, Kandahar province has suffered some of the most extensive destruction of any region of the country during the war. I STAN.

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History:

andahar is a good example of a city that was built by the will of ne man-king Ahamad Shah. After being elected king by the powerful urrani tribe, he ordered the building of a new city in 1761. The ~plan shown here is based on a sketch plan prepared by Major Leach and published by ' John Murray in London in 1881.

3 Histor y of Kandahar g oes back t o t he t i me of the Great who supposedly marched south to Ka ndahar and established a colony ( that was then referred to as Alexander-in-. M. Elphinstome (c. 1815 ) records that shortl y before Ahmad Shah's city, two other cities we re built; one was Hosseina b a d built by Shah Hossein (1694- 1722) and the other was Naderabad built by the Persian king (1737 - 1774 ). In a sketch published in Angus Hamilton's "Afghanistan", a fortified city shown in ruins is referred to as "Shauri Nader " meaning the city o f Nader which is the same as the one which in Elphinstone' s record is referred to as Naderabad. Ahamad Shah named his city Ahamd Shahi and titled it "Ashraf-ul­ Blad", meaning the most distinguish ed city. Another title "Dar-ul­ Qa rar", meaning the abode of the quiet was also tried; but he newly established cit y soon among the p e ople receiv ed the old name Ka ndahar.

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Kandahar was noted for its fruit production, much of which was exported to and to Pakist an. Before the war, Kandahar along with Helmand was already moving towards mechanized cultivation. By the 1970s, tractors were in common use by farmers within a ~0 mile radius of the city. The most productive agricultural areas, which were also the most densely populated, were the band of irrigated land south of the highway, especially in Mahalajat (Dand woleswali) and Panjwai woleswali, and the valley - just northeast of Kandaha r city. These areas have suffered the most sever effects of the war and have been nearly devastated.

Political situation: I At this writing, Kandahar i s the Head Quarter of the Tal iban Islamic movement controlling over 13 provinces of the country . . An entire peaceful situation and individual security has been provided in all the p rovinces under cont rol of the forces. The Go v e r nmental or g a nization s are a l l in operation headed by a person appoi nt ed by t he Ta l iban administr a tion . In t h e a r eas of Taliban ' s cont rol incl uding Kandahar, no mark of the former Afghan Mujahedeen forc es are remained whereas all types of their · armors and facilities a re at the Taliban's hand. Most of the previous Mujapedeen commanders have escaped the area while a few of them who have assisted the Taliban movement are still living in their areas, but are not politically active.

The previous Mujahedeen forces h a ve entirely lost their credibility and are marked as Topakyan (arm me n), the word used as a sign of abhorrence against them.

Commercial traffic bearing commodities from the Pakistan border, town of Chaman, carry goods ove r . these tracks to Kandahar city and beyond. Controlling on the we st of Afghanistan, some extra commodities as well as the c onstruction materials are also transported to Kandahar from He rat province which links borders with Iran and Turkmanista n. The costs in Kandahar province are in Afganis (Afs.) which a t time of the survey, the value of the Afs. against US $ was Afs. 9000 = US $ 1.

Despite of the given security s i tuation in the areas of Taliban's control, the people a re still suffering of many other problems such as high cost of daily commodities , income generation opportunities, health, observing restricted customs applied by the Taliban, \ education f a cilities for the chil dren, closure of the giris schools and etc.

5 Population:

The source of the following distribution is the Governoment of Afghanistan, census 1978-1979.

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Shelter

andahar, because of its strategic location has been suffering some of the most extensive destruction of any region of the country during the war. Although no accurate assessment has been possible of the extent of destruction or of likely requirements, it is clearly staggering . The rehabili tation pace of the province has been not accelerated for the p ast few years due to the unsafe security situation created by the former Mujahedeen factions which has further extended the destruction extent of the city. , In this writing, the province r emains in control of Taliban and the people have started living a norma l life in a peaceful atmosphere~· As such, the challenge to the NGOs community is surely to undertake the Rehabilitation actjvities in this province.

In regard s to t h e shelter program, it is known that AREA will mainly concentrate its contribution to the reconstruction of the roofs by suppl y ing some construc t i on material such as concrete girders, slabs and cushions to the local community, therefore the types

In Kandahar province where the fla t roofs are the preferred forms, the t echnique of multiple vaults and beams system and the more labor and material intensive techni que of rib-vault system are commonly employed.

Multiple vaults and beam system employs wood beams which support a series of small vaults constructed of fired bricks. The walls are builds on a rectangular plan to the height of where the vault is to begin . Inverted T-shaped wood beams are spaced about 1.2m apart and the vaults using fired bricks and quick-setting gypsum mortar are constructed between them . The wood beams · are very scarcely available which subsequently are substitut ed by I -shaped iron beams, i mported from ~ak ist an .

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A destroyed house in Kandahar city showing the wood beams and vault

7 The ribbed-vault system structure is built on a rectangular plan which the side walls are constructed of sun dried bricks or Pakhsa to height at which the vaul ts begin. The rear wall is built to its full height. Against this rear wall the first vault rib of fired brick is constructed. form work is avoided by the use of a quick setting gypsum mortar and by having the master mason's assistant hold the bricks in place until the mason places the next one. • After several courses of brick work are completed, another rib is constricted. This process continues until the whole room is covered. The remaining side wall s are then built to their full height. To achieve the planned fla t surface that can be used as the second floor or the roof, the voids between the side walls and the vault are filled in with potsherds and earth.

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8 I / In regards to the construction o f roofs, the needs of the people ' living in the city of Kandahar is dissimilar of those living in the village areas. In Kandahar city, .the multiple vault and beam system is a widely used technique. Using this system, there should be a beam that can support the vaults. Presently, the wood beams are very scarcely available and the I-shaped imported iron beams are commonly used. These beams cost very high which is not affordable to the majority of the people. Thus, this is a sound decision to assist the people living in the city of Kandahar by supplying of pre-cast concrete girders in a subsidized bases.

The photo shows the I-shaped iron beams used in this house.

In villages where the rib vault system is a common used technique, the skilled labors for the construction of such roofs are very scarcely available. In many villages, the people are · providing skilled labors for the costruction of roofs from Kandahar city. When the survey team visited Mansoor Abad, a village in Arghandabe District, the lack of skilled labors was stated as a big problem by the people living in that area. This is surely out of the financial capability of t he majority of the people living in these areas to go to Kandahar city and provide a skilled labor for the constructi6n o f his house roof in his village. Takining into consideration this fact, the best way to support the villagers in

9 v / their reconstruction eff orts as weli as to encourage traditional self sufficiency in shelter construction is to provide the villagers with roof skilled labors t o assist them in construction of the roofs of their houses.

Following the shelter issue, the Municipality of Kandahar city was contacted during the survy i n order to discusse with them the reconstruction issues of the province and also to undrestand of their plans and ideas on the reconstruction of the province. During our visit from the municipality, the need for a pre-cast concrete girder program was confirmed by the head in-charges of · the 6ity regions and at the meantime, we have been informed that the municipality itself plans to undertake a pre-cast concrete girders program for the Kandahar city. It should be known that the needs for the reconstruction of the city is. so big that can not be met only by a pre-cast concrete girder program implemented by the mun icipality. There i s a big need for a concrete girder progra~ in the Kandahar city and the municipa lity has welcomed the innovation of the NGOs in undertaking such a program in the city of Kandahar in order accelerate thi reconstruction pace of the province. I The municipality of Kandahar city has ~lso provided us with some information about the regions of the Kandahar city. The city comprises of 6 regions which also includes the villages in surrounding of the city. The reg ion 5th includes the following villages: Kalach -i- Pero, Kalach-i- Wali Mohammad, and Kalach -i­ Zaman, and the region 6th includes the following villages: Malaj at, Zor Shar, Mirwais Min a, Bagh - i- pul, Chil Dukhtaran, Habas Abad, Dahi Masos, Mirza Ah amad Khan Kalach, Koh -i- Nigar and Chonni. The destruction level of the mentioned villages based on our observation and confirmation by the municipality is estimated around 95%.

The information also includes -some statistical figures on the pre­ war and present population, number of destroyed houses, refugees and repatriated families in each region.

Region Pre-war · Present Destroyed Refugees Repat- population population houses ria ted 1 8300 10000 500 2000 1050 2 1525 11400 550 750 550 3. 4 I 25000 27000 1500 3000 2000 5 32000 26000 2000 3200 2100 6 35000 29000 4000 15000 1500 total 101825 103400 I 8550 23950 7200

10 • The head in - charge of this region was in leave during the survey time, thus we could not succeed to obtain any of the above information about this region.

Taking into considera tion the points mentioned in regards to the shelter issue in Kandahar province, AREA should separate its shelter policy in Kandahar city and the villages areas as the followings:

1- To assist t he city community in their reconstruction efforts by supplying of pre - cast concrete girders on subsidized based.

2- To assist the villagers in- their reconstruction efforts by providing skilled labors to assist them in the construction of the roofs.

A destr6yed house in Kandahar city

1 1 Destroyed houses in Kandahar city

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'' Cost of labor and construction material in Kandahar city:

A. Labors cost:

- Skilled labors: - Mason Afs. 40000 I day - Carpenter II 100 00 I ft2 - Plumber ll 40000 I day - Metal worker II 13000 I ft2(including of material) - Electrician II 40000 I day - Welding men " 40 00 0 I day - Unskilled labors " 7000 - 9000 I day

B. Construction material:

Item Unit unit cost (Afs) 1. Cement Bag 25000 - 35000 2. Steel Bar Kg 3000 - 4000 3. Sand /gra vel M3 30000 · 4 . Stone M3 40000 - 50000 5. Lime live Kg 200 6. Gypsum Kg . 100 7. Hood for door and window }13 1000000 - 2000000 8 . Metal door m2 17000 9. Burnt brick 1000 180000 10. Green brick 1000 40000 11. Glass 3mm M2 30000 12. Oil paint Kg 15000 13 . Powdered paint Kg 15000 14. Straw Kg .500 15. Nail Kg 8000 - 16000 16. Sheet metal 24g M2 30000 - 50000 17. Corrugated sheet ft2 42000 18. Wood poles Pes 20000 - 30000 19 . ~\lood logs Pee 5000 - 10000

13 Construction of school buildings

Educational attainments of Afghans rank among the lowest in the world. Access to formal and informal education opportunities has always been limited and the wa r has further reduced the quantity and quality of education opportunities available.

In Kandahar province, the damage t o education opportunities done by the war is staggering. Almost all the school buildings have been completely destroyed and the already low literacy rate· has been further decreased.

In the schools presently running by the Taliban administrations, only the male children are admitted. The education program in these schools contains only a simp le reading 1 writing subject and some other religious lessons. The schools are presently called madrasa, a word used commonly for the reli gious training cente rs. A statistical figure given by t he education department of the province shows the Taliban administration has establish 139 schools which at least provid~s a basic education opportunities for the ale children. Thus, it should be regarded based on the - fact that something is better than nothing".

For AREA policy makers , t he reconstruction of the school buildings have been always at the highest consideration. As such, the major part of AREA's activities in a ny part of Afghanistan is the reconstruction of the school buildings .

During the survey of Kandahar, the education department of the province and the Afghan Development Association (ADA) , an Afghan NGO involved in operating of aro und 80 schools in the south-west areas of Afghanistan , have been c ontacted in several times in order to obtain a dequate information on the present situation with regards to. the education opportunitie s and schosl buildings of the province .

ost of the schools presently running by the education department equire building which currently a re operating in open areas, dmosques or in damaged school buil dings. During the survey, we could succeeded to visit some of these schools which either requires a new building or to reconstruct the destroyed ones. The schools, we have visited are as follows:

14 No Name Location Student Teacher Remarks 1 Mir Kandahar city 283 6 No building Sharif Region 6

2 Khawaja Arghanda b 250 8 Destroyed Malic Baba district building 3 Mansoor Abad II 180 4 II

4 Baba Wali 11 100 5 II Sahib 5 Mohammadia Dashti Sofi 310 11 11

6 Dand Dand District 230 9 Completely destroyed building

7 Mirwais Nika Dand District 165 4 . Destroyed building

1. The students of Mir Bazaar Sharif school are studying in the village mosque.

1 5 2~ Khawaja Malic Baba school in Arghistan

1 6 3. The destroyed building of Mansoor Abad

4 . A destroyed school building in Arghistand

1 7 Destroyed roof of a school building in Arghistan

A destroyed portion of Baba Wali Sahib school in Arghistand

15 Schools presently running by the education department LOCATION SCHOOLS TEACHERS STUDENTS REMARKS Kandahar city 15 56 4274 Arghandab 20 230 1295 Boldak 25 150 3401 17 109 2553 Panjwahi 39 149 5710

Arghistan 3 22 460 Marouf 8 44 854 Shawalicoat 5 28 745

Daman 7 28 572 T 0 T A L 139 816 19864

SCHOOLS WERE IN KANDAHAR BEFORE THE WAR LOCATION I HIGH SECONDARY PRIID.RY VILLAGE TOTAL SCHOOLS SCHOOLS SCHOOLS SCHOOLS

Kandahar city 9 - 23 3 35 Arghandab 1 2 12 - 15 Maywand 1 - 10 2 13 Panjwahi 1 1 18 2 22 Khakraiz · 1 - 5 6 12 Shawalicoat - 1 10 6 17 Spinboldak 1 - 9 6 16 Marouf - - 8 2 10 Arghestan - 1 1 1 3 Daman 1 1 15 7 24 T 0 T A L 15 6 111 35 167

19 In regards to the education opportunities for the girls, unfortunately the Taliban authorities believe that it is too early to resume girls education as both security and proper facilities are not adequately achieved yet. In this connection, UNICEF has announced that it had decided to suspend assistance ·to . education program in those parts of Afghanistan where some local authorities had excluded girls form educational opportunities by closing girls schools. In the meantime, UNICEF continues to negotiate with l ocal authorities the early resumption of educational opportunities for all girls affected by the closure of schools. ·

The students in the schools runni ng by ADA are only the boys and the education curriculum developed by the former Mujahedeen interim government in Peshawar has been used there. However , the education department of the province has pressurized the ADA in different occasions to follow the same curriculum of .the schools running by this department but, ADA stands for its position and has · not changed it yet. ADA receives financial support for it education programs f orm UNICEF

In regards to the rehabilitation of the school buildings , the best alternative for AREA is to seek ADA's partnership and try to focus on the rehabilitation ·of the school buildings which ADA is presently running. As such, the f uture problem of the operation of the schools can be already solved .

Construction of clinic buildings

In the 1970s the health indicators on the situation of children and ranked the country among the worst in the world. By the 1990s the situation has changed little. Afghanistan has been isolated form the technical advances and innovations that have begun to change the situation of children arid women elsewhere. War has complicated the implementation of new programs and has further reduced the access to health care for many Afghans.

/l_t the time being, the public health department of Kandahar province is running only one OPD section in Mairwais hospital. The services providing by this department is clearly negligible. The only sources of providing some health services in Kandahar are a few health centers running by some international organizations: As a matter of fact, the health services providing by these organizations still are at the minimum level. As such, many of the patients have to travel to Quetta , Pakistan for treatment .

The organizations 1 hospitals and clinics presently providing health services to the people of Kandahar are the followings:

2 0 3. International committee of the red cross 1 ICRC

4. Medical and Emergency Relief International 1 MERLIN 5. UNICEF

6. Afghanistan Vaccination a nd Immunization Center 1 AVICEN

7 . Afghan Rehabilitation Team 1 ART

8. Afghan Doctors Association in Germany

9. Al Khedmat Al Hajary hospital

10. World Health Organization 1 WHO

Marwais hospita~ about Skm in west of Kandahar city comprises a big component. This hospital was constructed . with technical and financial cooperation of the Go v ernment of China in the end of 1970s. During the war years the hospital was very badly damaged, but the rehabilitation of the hospital has been progressing very well. ICRC has reconstructed a major block of the hospital whereas presently a FIRST AID POST unit has been running by ICRC in this block. ART has established an institute of orthopaedic in another block of the hospital and remaini ng portions of the hospital have been under reconstruction process by a few Afghan NGOs with financial support of the WHO.

A view of th~ repaired part of the building

21 Handicap International has established a production ' workshop of orthotic devices in 150~bed hospital east of Kandahar city. The orthotic devices are planned to be made of polypropylene plastic technology. A female physiotherapy section opened successfully by the Handicap International in Kandahar city.

UNICEF involved in:

Health:

- Provides immunization for children and mothers.

- Assists to stlpport local health activities through supporting regional Cold-Chain centers, supporting MOPH.

- Provides emergency medical drugs to clinics and hospitals

- To fight iodine deficiency, UN ICEF provides WFP bakeries with iodized salt

The AHDS is running three basic health centers each in Daman, Khakraiz and Shawalicoat districts and plans to establish three more clinics in Arghistan, and Naish districts in 1996. At the meantime, AHDS runs two Mother and Child Health clinics in Kandahar city. The AHDS receives financial support for both, the constriction and operation of the clinics from European Community.

A clinic under construction by AHDS

22 Present situation of two clinics in Kandahar city

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23 v / AVICEN and MERLIN were the t wo International organizations providing health services to the people of Kandahar. These organizations have been faced to some financial problems which have considerably slowed down their activities.

In regards to the construction of clinic buildings, AREA may select AHDS for operation of the clinic buildings which AREA may construct in Kandahar. Hence, advance discussion and agreements in this regards should be received.

Miscellaneous:

During the survey, we have visited the office of Southern/Western Afghanistan and Baluchistan Association for Coordinatj_onj SWABAC. This office, like ACBAR, provides a forum in which member organizations can discuss their concerns regarding policy guidelines for delivering assistanc e, resource management and other operationa·l issues .w·i th the ultimate purpose of improving coordination in refugee assistance in Baluchistan, as well as in the repatriation and resettlement of Afghan refugees.

Additionally, SWABAC is a vehicle through which NGO . views and interests are communicated to the varlous multilateral and bilateral donors and the government of Pakistan.

In meantime, SWABAC plays a role of donor to some members NGOs. This office recelves fund for different projects and the implementation is carried out by the members NGOs.

SWABAC has a publication of a .mont hly newsletter for exchange and update of information. During of our visit from ~WABAC office, we have received a speci~l issue of Kandahar news and members list which is attached in this reports.

AREA may better to seek SWABAC membership when starts working in Kandahar.

/ House rent:

Generally, the rent cost in Kanda har city is very high. A large portion of the city is very badly damaged which many of the houses require a lot of repairs.

rent cost of a medium size house in Kandahar city which AREA rent is around Rs. 7000 to Rs. 12000.

2 4 Cost of food stuff in Kandahar city:

Items units cost per Unit (Afs.)

Wheat Kg 14000

Wheat flour Kg 1800 Fine Rice Kg 4500 - 6000

Coarse Rice Kg 3000 - 4000

Beef Kg 11500

Mutton Kg 16000

Vegetable oil Kg 9000

Tea Kg 18000

Sugar Kg 4500

Potatoes kg 2600

Travelling to Kandahar:

The survey team, had its trip to Kandahar via Quetta, Pakistan which is detailed as follows:

- Peshawar to Islamabad by local bus Rs. 45 1 person . - Islamabad to Quetta by PIA flight Rs . 2200 1 11 - Quetta to by local bus Rs. 100 1 11 - Spin Boldak to Kandahar by local bus Afs. 15000 1 11

The said lines cost very high to staff who may travel to Kandahar in the future. If the flight from Islamabad to Quetta is changed by using the local buses, this reduce the cost considerable, but still, we recommend to have the trip via . to Kandahar . This line is much comfortable and cheaper. In a ddition, the staff travelling to Kandahar may find a chance of visiting the Khost project in his way to Ka ndahar .

25 Technical recommendation ~ st of the Kandahar regions locate d in moderate seismic risk zone (:~d owns an arid climatical condition.

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he water table is very high in Kandahar which requires special onsiderat~on when constr~cting resid~ntial and publ~c buildin~s. he followlng recommendatlons are advlsed to be consldered dUrlng esigning and implementation of any project in Kandahar city.

1. To design the construction projects the traditional architecture values of the area should be considered.

2. While designing the c onstruction projects an expansion joint in the buildings i s recommended to be considered.

26 3. Ducked system in flooring of the public buildings is recommended because of the high water table in Kandahar. In school buildings where the students set on the floor, this is a must, otherwise provision of table and chairs is necessary .

4. To design the public buildings, the plinth height should not be less than one meter. The foundation should be made of stone or concrete. The high water table causes low bearing capacity of soil, therefor the depth and height of the foundations should by accurately studied.

5. Damp proof insulation s h ould be used on top of plinths in order to protect the walls from humid damages.

6. Because of less strength of lime against water, the lime plaster should be avo ided, instead, the cement plaster is recommended.

7. Before to commence any activities in Kandahar, the office should be registered. with the Taliban Rehabilitation and Development Steering Committee I TRDSC.

8. Photographing is not occasiorially allowed by the Taliban administration. When plan to take pictures, it requires prior permi ssion from t h e relevant authorities.

9. The p eople beliefs and traditions should be respected.

2 7 Annex . ' ' · J . . . '. ' ~ ~ · . . ' . .

Health & iHERL!N in Kandahar HI Moves to Kandahar

MERLIN as :ln intern;t tional British emergency medical Handicap International (HI) has stopped all its organization beg:1n opcr:~ting in health serVices in Kandahar ac ti VIties in Quetta and transferred the main i.n 1994. Now it is active in Hclmand and Z:~bul provinces orthopaedic function to Kandahar on November 1st as well. In ph;mn:tceutical distributions :llld general c linics 1995. In orthOti c workshop of the Al -Khidmat organizatio n. MERLIN repom thilt in Hospital in Quetta, the production of orthotic devices doctors arc now r cgi.~tering :111 :~vcragc of 720 p:Hicnts each has started . A female physiotherapy section has week (October). The :~veragc number of prescriptions being opened successfully . HI office will remain in Quetta issued each week is however much higher at I 067. This difference is due w the presence of additional doctors. The until the end of July 1996. HI has established a Mirwais Laboratory continues to receive limited supplies workshop in 150 bed hospital east of Kandahar city. from MERLIN, and WHO have plans for more extensi ve This workshop will begin its work from first of support. January 1996. The orthotic devices are plam1ed to be For the services offered by DoRahi Clinic cast of made of pol ypropylene plastic technology. HI new Kandahar city , MERLIN says that doctors saw over 800 tel. number in Quetta is (081) 440142 Fax 444793 pa tients in the last week of Ocwber. T he main increase in morbidity is in the number of patients att ending with Red Cross Says World Ignoring Plight of Afghans: respiratory tract infections . In DoRahi Clinic a room is also rehabilitated for EPI services and it is hoped that the "Th e Im ernational Commillee of the Red Cross has vaccination may be offered by AVICEN after MERLIN's criticized the international community for alleged departure. indifference to suffering in Afghanistan. "The internaTional The five district clinics continue to see an community failed to give much-needed support to The UN average of 1178 patients a week. In this figure the peace mission of Ambassador Mahmud Mestiri" the iCRC number of patients with respiratory tract infec ti ons is said in a policy paper released on December 9, 1995. !£ higher while it is compensa ted for by a drop in th e said lens of lhousands of people had been killed, wounded number of diarrhoeal disease. or delained, while hundreds thousands had been displaced The staff of the Bost Hospital in Helmand in factional fighting that has raged since April1992. have vis ited the Mirwais MCH Clinic in October. The ICRC said the United Nations agencies had failed to Even though the meeting was sho rt , the issues convince donors to take a more active role in Afghanistan discussed were very interesting. The clinic is at a special donor conference held in Stockholm in May. The 'lack of will of the inlemational community to allow the · currently trying to increase patient access to services. UN to fulfill its political mandate in Afghanistan a.ffects Thi s involves moving the female aqd paediatric OPDs also its capability to play .an effective role in the into th e MCH clinic and encouraging women to humanitarian field, the document said. ... . attend weaning food demonstrations and hea lth education di scussions. Thi s should all ow the two Afghanisran, according to slatistics cited in the reporl, is original MCH doctors to co ntinue monitoring and among the world's lowest ranked countries for quality of education of severe ly malnourished chi ldren ami life. Afghans ea rn th e equivalent of about$ 150 a y~a r­ pregnam wo men whilst the nursing staff see all th e lowest average of any cowwy. Life expectancy of 44 ch ildren and provide teaching and ad vice for mothers. years is the world's lowest while the it~(a nt mortality rate, MERLIN also reports Qalat hospi tal in Zabul wilh 164 children out of evety 1000 jailing to survive to their first bir!hday, is the highest. The literacy rate is the province that the MoPH are using some of the drugs second lowest after Nepal, wirh only 31.6 % of the to res pond to di sease out breaks in the di stricts. This population able to read and write. And in a country which drug usage is being carefully reco rded and monitored endures severe winters, the average daily intake of I, 71 0 and shou ld become less necessary with th e calories is the world's lowes!. implememation, by A VIC EN, in . of' th e minimum primary health care plan. 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SPECIAL ISSUE: KANDAHAR NEWS UNICEF IN KAl\TDAHAR

- Reconstruction of Kajaki Power Station: UNICEF established its Kandahar branch in May 1995. UNICEF Kandahar is active in four main According to local news, th e Kajaki power station is sectors including health, water, education and under repair and will supply electri city to the city of children development. The following activities cover Kandahar and in tile near furure. It will the four sectors UNICEF is involved in: expedite the rehabilitation acti viti es _in the region 1- He.alth: remarkably. - Provides irrununization for children and mothers. - Assists to support local health activities tb.rough supporting regional Cold-Chain cemers , supporting -Kandahar Radio: Kandahar Prov incial Radio is re­ MOPH. prognunmed by the Taliban adminjs tration since late - Provides emergency medical drugs to clinics and 1994. ft is temporarily siruared in Kandahar Hotel hospitals. west of t!Je city. The radio program includes t!J e holy -To fight iodine deficiency, UNICEF provides WFP Koran verses, Islamic teaching awaJeness, h istorical bakeri es with iodized salt. events in Islam, commentaries, reports of activities II- Water: inclucLiug demitting, road corns tructJ OD , irrigation and - Assists runl and semi-urhan areas to promote agriculture rehabilita ti on_ The radio also broadcasts appropriate water suppl) as series, he.alth . . education, basic veterinary - Mobilized dJilling rigs 'ed water-wells. infonnation, horticulDt!I"e and! m anagerial guidelines. - Provided these wells w1 t... .~JJ -pumps and made Because of limitations, · the radio is active onJy 4 them operational through Rural & Rehabilitation hours ;a rllay, indicat i ug a nred to be supp orted. Dept. of the Municipality of Kandahar. - Funded two NGOs to install hand-pumps in 50 wells in Panj wai and Kalat. - Deminir1g by Tali ban: Everyday hundreds of anti­ - Provides Lasukargah Water-Pump Sta tion with person."l!Ct nunes are destroye d in and amund the city fuels. of Kanda!har. Taliban drive a rmored tanks over the III- Education: lands fuH of mines. People were happy about the - Supported 79 schools and 14000 primary schools operations. students in Zabul, Kandahar and Oruzgan thJOugh Afghan Development Agency. IV- Children Development: - : The buildi ng of previous -Built play grounds for cltildreu under 5 years of age girls' h.i;gb school c alled Zarghona Ana Lycee is in Kandahar city thJough RAFA. rehabiR]talitd and be·iug usoo for un iversity that is reconunem:ed only in the pu pu!ar fi eld of medicine. UNICEF Press Release: UNICEF allllounced on The rehabilitation projecl was a jo·int ve nrure of November 10, 1995 that it had decided to suspend WFP, UNHCR and RDA. O l!lrrently the university or assistance to educati on program in those pans of faculty of medicine have 1 sc 2nd and MPCB classes Afghanistan where some local Taliban authorities had excluded girls from educational opportunities by closing with studentS totalled 200 persons. 50 of the students girls' schools. In · the meantime, UNICEF continues to stay in donnitory provided by the university. It !Jas 7 negotiate with local authorities the early resumption of professional and 9 non-professional teachers. The educational opportunities for all girls affected by the ', university face an1ple problems and needs to be closure of schools. supported. · The donnitory condition is difficult because . there are no beds and no other furniture. Response From Taliba_n: According to imcrviews will! Teachers receive subsistent salaries ' from Tali ban. media and indirect news· from Kandahar, Taliban believe Kandahar university also needs a well equipped that it is too e:uly to resume girls' education as boll1 laboratory. Library also suffers from lack of books security and proper facilities arc not adequately achieved. and references. It is also reported tlJat Tali ban believe it is upto them to decide how to manage the ass istance within tl1e Islamic rules .

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: ... _ ...... ' ·-· 2 MEMBERS UPDATE Editorial - ADA: Afr!,han Development Agency reports ji·om Kandahar thm it recell{ly completed or is wrremly Pri or to entering the process nf country invo lved in rhej(Jl!OI·•:ing projects in Kandahar. lillml wide development campaign, we need to ac hie ve and Om:gan: peace, political stab ility ·and a cemral - The repair of 45 km long road benveen Shmvali-kot government to shoulder these gre at and Tarin-kot is undenvay. 30 km work is completed. - Completed the reconstruction of Shah lilman and responsibilities. The tas k of carrying out Mmak Khan Schools in the district of Khas Oruzgan. development activities and its speed depends on - 50 % of the work on the reconstruction of Saida l the kind of perception the future governments Khan High Scho ol is completed. obtains about development. Of the many aspects - T11e reconstruction of Bibi Khalo High School had of development corresponding to the socio­ swrred on November 1sc. 1995 in Zabul province. cultural structure of the country, ge nder - Recemly swrced w repair San za ri and Gul Kalacha adjus tment is the most cruci al one. Gender Schools in Kandahar. consideration in develop men t makes its . - Implememed the rehabi lication of Slwshpar, dimension broad based. Policies, plans and Framorz and Khanjer canals in Oruzgan. implementati on regarding gender is an iss ue -Completed th e Micro-Hydro-Power project including affecting developm ent commitment. the provision of electrical equipment. Development and society interacts and influences - Mosazai, Towk and Babaran Soznoi ·canoL> in each other mutually. Society contains gender Oruzgon and Kandahar are under repair. - nze rehabilitation of deep wells in Daman and division on equal bas is. And develop ment can Showali-kor districts is underway. not be brought only by half. Therefore policy should from th e beginning, fully consider the - AURC: Trough UNDP/OPS support, ArYana Unity role of gender according to the natu re of the task Reconstruction Council, has underwken to rebuild a within development program. In the case of 4. 7 km long road 1virh 16 culverts thm connects Afghanistan, in most of the sectors ro le divi sion Boldak and Rabat in south of Kandahar. A URC also on the basis of gender is of tremendous fits cement rolL> in 7 wells in Mirbazaar west of importance. On urban level, women have been Kandahar ciry . found efficient in administration, media, cultural activities, co mmunicati on, educati on, health and - PETRA: on Afghan NCO and member of SWABAC manufacture. While in rural environs, wo men reports its ·activities in several projects including run an im al hu sband ry, participate in agriculture, Daichopan road construction, Mado zu canol embroidery, traditional health , educati on and rehabilirmion, l'v1zem seed production multiplication projects and Gaz.ok school i·ebuilding in Za/}//l and oral literature. Forming policies for the future Kandahar provinces. It also plans ro implement o deve lopment of Afghan is tan should not ignore Home Vegetable Gardens project in Daman and five these facts which influence the prospects of Kariz cleaning project in iv!aiH·and district. devel opment. Different measures are to be taken to ensure the reducti on of heavy responsibility - AR/v!: Afghan Reconsrrucrion lvfovemelll mz octive on femal es as they already have mu ch to do. member of SWABAC. reports the reconstmction of Wh at is im po rtant is to up grad e the experience Kh oshob School thm has 180 swden1s; repairing and capab ili ties th ey have ac quired and put th em Klzoshab road, Ashoghi drainage rehabilirmion in int o th e mai n stream of social development. Daman and Panj1voi Districts. !r also plans ro Abst rac t po li cies regarding deve lop ment manage vocational training ond assist dormiuJiy take us far be hind es pec ially when th ey are srudellls of Kandahar University in 1996 1hrough ge nd er blind . Let us rai se thi s iss ue so as w WFP and UNHCR contribution. ensure entrance in to a proper path uf - ARO: on Afghan NCO is rehabilitating the building of Blood Bonk in Kandahar ciry . devel opment.

. ' References

Village elders

Staff of Kadahar Mechanical school

Kandahar governmental authorities

Afghan, an atlas of indigenous domestic architecture, by Albert Szabo and Thomas J. B.

UNHCR background report, Kandahar province

Urban growth and residential p rototype in Kabul, Afghanistan, by M. Rafi Samizay

\ \ SWABAC MEMBERS ' LI ST AGENCY As of November 8, 1995 NO. /\BREVI:\1'. T ITLE ;,GENCY ADDRESS CONTACT PERSON Ph.No.

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5 1\NHcv Afr.h<~nis t:m- Nothilfce.V. Achcqz.1i M:1rkct 1-1 _# W.'l-494 S.ncllitc Towfl QTA Noor Ahmad 442978

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1 ':\RPD Afgh ;~n Rcco ns. ;,nd Plann. Dept. Block .1. I louse# /\J - l77_S:ll. Town. Ouelt.:l 1\hmadullnb A lil:'li tl40683

ARR ,\ ft;l1 :~n R d icf :-tnd R chab ili tatioo Rai lwJy 1/ousinf_ N c:1r ~IF t\ offic<.• S.M. Olumi 4

II AURC Al)';~n a Unity Rccon:-t.ructio n Con<.:i 1 House# 171-.1. 13 k"~c k .1 srr QTJ\ Nimatull

12 IJAT 13rit.ish Af t:h;~nist:-.n T rust Ondp.his , C:1 rc o fS\Vi\H;\C Deborah T urrcl 76493

IJ 13LIRC \3;)kh tcr Un i1y Rcc.o n:-:truction Council Opposite 1-b j i F<~td l Kl1ad , C\0 B nkhrcr H. Snycd Malik 75439 1'1 DAFA Dcm in in,!!. 1\grncy for Ar p,h:1nisL1n 1 _1_~1o_t_•s_c_#__ 1J_7_. _11 _-_'1_. _P._O_. _!3_o_x _5·1_S_o.;,.·_r."------t-'E_ng,_._,\_b_d_u_l,~s;)_t_l3_r __-t __ 4·1_7..:2c..06-'- /-4~-'2:...0::..56'-j 1.1 1):\R/\ Develop ment Assoc. ror Rccons. o f Afgh;1nistnn P.O !Jox J<• Ghulilm .bl<~ni 4·10759

16 EAFA Environment;) I Aw::-arness Found. o f Argh:misl:ttJ 131ock. 4 r:arra din Hnusc 103 srr QTA Ahmed W:~li Karz., i 'lt12968 17 FRP r;lr:th Rcconstructi\>n roun dation H. # tfl8- E, Block 4,SatcllitcTown, QT1\ . Eng. Mobd Y ounuo:; tlt12515.

IS GRC Gh:Jrjc-; tan Rcconst rue! ion Council H. # 50 -C St.rcct. 8 1\l~1 mdar Road, OTA M. Zamnn /\tr:tri 8307711

19 HERI I I cw:~ d Engin ee r ins R ccon:;;lru ct.ion In~t.it lll e 20- ,\ Chi• n n H nu.~_· in_.g"-. _A_i'..cl'_;_'"·-'·t_R_J_. -'Q'-T_A_;_·------tf-'L::.:' n"'1g:.;. . .:.SI;:;":..: · b:...l:...-l::.."':...'.::_":...in__ -+- ---,-- 8:..:8:..:0.:.02=-7-j 20 HI H:1ndi c :~p !n1 a·n<1f ional 1\hm:Jdz.,i C•'l0ny S:11·;1b Rond, OTA Ala 0 R obinson 4447.93/-140002

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25 INORLI bd:1mic N:nion:1l Orr,:t ni7.ltion f,..'lr R t:"cons. of Uro7g:~ n Sihi R o:-~ d. H n u~c il z..;(} S:ttcll~ . c To·>A·n. OTA ,\ss:tdullab Nawabi 'H0·136

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27 JR DA .bm Rch;1hilitat.ion Dcvclopmcn l t\~cncy • JJm-Sb:Jf:. llospi., besid Gu lsh:tn Co l oo iSn~QTA Gen. M ohd lsbaq ~ · 1 57~ l /~41632

28 h:>'vl/\ 1\.:~n d:dKir Mo mm:':lr Agency i31oc.k 1. H II ?7, Go ! Masjid S:-1tcllit.e Town OTA , Haji Moba mmcd Ali •1<11209

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SWABAC OBSERVERS' LIST

ACIJAR A~cn cy Conrdin:.ting IJ o c.ly ror ,\f,gh:-~n R cl icf 2 R ch m~n Gah:1 Rn,HI Ul"'f P.O. I 08<1 P cs h:-~w 11 r Charles Macr

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