Afghanistan Weekly Field Report 24 -30 September 2018
Key issues in the past week: • A total of 243,500 people have displaced across the country during 2018. • Fear of attacks on education impacts schools in Nangarhar province. • A health facility sustained damages in Nahr e Seraj district of Helmand province.
24,600 243,500 14,500 New IDPs reported Total verified People assisted in in the past week IDPs in 2018 the past week 01 Oct 2018
Provinces with conflict displacement in the past week, according to initial reports. Countrywide Conflict Displacement
A total of 243,563 people have been verified as having been Afghan citizens returned from Pakistan on their own and 60 displaced by conflict in 2018, according to OCHA’s were deported. From Iran, 15,400 people returned on their Displacement Tracking System (DTS), an increase of 8,463 own and 10,792 were deported, according to IOM. on the previous week’s total. Overall, the number of people Health displaced so far is 27% less than the same period last year A new polio case has been reported in Kandahar on 26 (331,309). September. According to the Ministry of Public Health, this Conflict Displacement Alerts (see map & remark on p.2) is the 15th case of polio to be recorded in Afghanistan in Central Region: Around 812 people were displaced from 2018, already exceeding the 2017 total of 13 cases. insecure districts of Ghazni, Logar and Nangarhar provinces Polio vaccination was carried out between 24 – 28 to Kabul city. September 2018, targeting some 6.4 million children in high- In Kapisa province, some 2,100 people have been displaced risk provinces, including Kandahar and Nangarhar. from insecure villages to the Tagab district centre. Security Incidents as Humanitarian Access Constraints Northern and North-Eastern Region: In Kunduz province, Areas recently cleared by ANSF in Nad e Ali and Tirinkot around 2,411 families have submitted petitions at DoRR are reportedly contaminated with IEDs, preventing civilians indicating displacement from Chardara, Qalaizal and other to return to their homes and livelihoods. districts to the provincial centre. Humanitarian actors have A health facility reportedly sustained damages in Yakhchal screened the petitions and have agreed to assess 1,811 area of Nahr e Seraj district of Helmand province due to families. Assessments have started. conflict on 28 September. In Baghlan province, some 989 families have been During the past week, two national NGO workers were displaced from Baghlan e Jadid district, Dand e Ghori, detained by NSAGs in Moqur district of Badghis. They were Cheshma e Sher and Omarkhil villages of Pul e Khumri released following negotiations. district to the Pul e Khumri city. Assessments are ongoing to assess their situation. Ongoing Response Activities (see page 2 for details) In Takhar prvonce, 84 families have been displaced from During the past week, nearly 14,550 people affected by Dasht e Qala district to Taloqan city. conflict, drought and floods received humanitarian assistance including cash, food, hygiene kits, NFIs, tents or Eastern Region: In Laghman province, 79 families have participated in sensitization sessions on health, hygiene and been displaced from Alingar and Alishang districts to mines risks. Mehtarlam. Activities were reported from Badghis, Daikundi, Ghor, Southern Region: Some 140 households have been Herat, Jawzjan, Nangarhar and Sar-e-pul provinces displaced to the provincial center Lashkargah due to recent conducted by ACF, ACTED, DACAAR, DRC, DRC-DDG, conflicts in Nad Ali district. IMC, IRC, NRC, OXFAM, SCI, UNHCR, UNICEF, and Western Region: WFP. In Ghor province, some 98 people have been displaced due In addition, water trucking and Mobile Health Teams to conflict from Jawand district of Badghis province to Feroz continued providing services in Herat City and Qala-e-Naw Koh City. City for the drought displaced communities.
Returns to Afghanistan
From 23 Sep to 29 September, a total of 27,232 Afghan citizens returned to their home country. According to UNHCR, 305 Afghan refugees returned from Pakistan and 55 from Iran. Overall 13,262 Afghan refugees have returned to Afghanistan in 2018 as of 29 September, 74% less than the same period in 2017 (51,744). According to IOM, 620
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People displaced by conflict assisted in the past week
People displaced by conflict assisted by sector in 2018
People displaced by conflict 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 | OHC, 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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