Humanitarian Infograms Afghanistan

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• Security Incidents against Aid Workers • Civilian Casualties • Landmine Casualties • Internally Displaced Persons

January – March 2010

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Contact: Omar Adrian Gonzalez de la Hoz [email protected] Synopsis Security Incidents Number of Security Incidents 45 Against Aid Workers Number of Affected Provinces 20 January – March 2010 Number of Affected Districts 31 OCHA | UN | Afghanistan Average of Security Incidents per Month 15 Source: UN Department of Safety and Security

Security Incidents China Total Incidents Uzbekistan Tajikistan 1 2 3 4 - 10

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan KunduzKunduz JawzjanJawzjan BalkhBalkh TaTa kha kha r r BadakhshanBadakhshan

FaryabFbF aryab SamanganSamangan BaghlanBaghlan According to UNDSS, between 1st January SariSari PulPul PanjsherPanjsher Nuristan st BadghisBadghis and 31 March 2010, a total of 45 security KunarKunar Bamyan KapisaKapisa incidents in which an aid worker was Bamyan LaghmanLaghman Kabul Kabul involved were reported in 31 districts in 10 Kabul Ghor Wardak Herat Wardak Nangarhar Herat LogarLogar Afghanistan.

Daykundi

KhostKhost Kabul (Kabul) is the most affected district Ghazni PaktyaPaktya followed by Kandahar (Kandahar) and Uruzgan Herat (Herat) with 10, 7 and 3 incidents FarahFarah PaktikaPaktika respectively. ZabulZabul

Security Incidents: Top 10 Districts during 1st Quarter 2010 Kandahar 7 12 KandaharKandahar Pakistan 10 Hilmand IranIran Nimroz Nimroz 8

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0 Security Incidents against Aid Workers by Incident Type Security Incidents Intimidation of aid workers was Against Aid Workers the most reported type of incident Intimidation during first quarter in 2010, 15 in January – March 2010 2% 2% ttltotal representi ng 28% 28%fth of the a ll Others incidents. OCHA | UN | Afghanistan 4% Crime 4% Source: UN Department of Safety and Security 4% 28% Abduction 5% Arrest

Armed clash

11% IED detonated

Suicide attack

Assassination 24% 16% Mine/UXO incident Year/Month Jan Feb Mar

2009 18 33 28 2010 20 14 20 Security Incidents against Aid Workers by Target Group Except for January 2010, there was a decrease of security incidents against aid workers in 2010’s first quarter compared with the same period in 2009. 100% Nat NGO 90% 80% Int NGO 70% Security Incidents against Aid Workers by Month (Comparison: 2009 and 2010) 60% Civilians 50% 35 40% 30 30% 20% UN 25 10% 20 2009 Incidents 0% 2010 % Sec. Inc. No. 15 10

5 The UN (21 incidents) was the most 0 targeted group during the first quarter of Jan Feb Mar 2010 followed by Civilians (18 Incidents) Months contracted on a temporary basis for aid agency, according to UNDSS reports. The Security Incidents against aid workers’ Percentage of Change (between 1st quarter 2009 Security Incidents and 1st quarter 2010), is a measure of difference between the number of incidents that Against Aid Workers occurred during 1st quarter 2009 and the number of incidents that occurred during 1st quarter 2010. The sign of deviation, either positive or negative, indicates whether the total of Percentage of Change between st incidents occurred during 1 quarter 2010 is larger than or smaller than the total of incidents 1st Qu arter 2009 and 1st QarterQuarter occurred during 1st quarter 2009. The magnitude of the value reports how different (in the percentage scale shown in the right) the total of incidents occurred during 1st quarter in 2010 2010 is from the total of incidents occurred during 1st quarter in 2009. OCHA | UN | Afghanistan Source: UN Department of Safety and Security

China Uzbekistan Tajikistan Security Incidents Percentage of Change Decrease >100% Decrease between 99.99% and 0.01% Nor Decrease or Increase Kaldar Increase between 0.01% and 50% Turkmenistan 100.00 % Increase >100% Turkmenistan KunduzKunduz JawzjanJawzjan BalkhBalkh Ta kha r Badakhshan FaryabFaryab Aliabad Ta kha r Badakhshan 100.00 % 100% Increase: There are 21 districts Almar 100.00 % SamanganSamangan BaghlanBaghlan where no security incidents against aid

Muqur SariSari PulPul Kahmard workers were reported by UNDSS in first Nari 100.00 % 100.00 % Nuristan Badghis Sayd Khel 100.00 % Badghis 100.00 % quarter 2009, and where during the first ParwanParwan KunarKunar Bamyan Mir Kohsan Bamyan Bacha Kot quarter 2010 there were incidents 100.00 % 100.00 % Kabul Bihsud Herat KabulKabul reported in those districts by the same Ghor 53.33 % 100.00 % 66.67 % Ghor Wardak Nangarhar LogarLogar Pachir source. HHerateear a t Wa Agam 100.00 % Daykundi Charkh 100.00 % PaktyaPaktya Increase between 1% and 67%: Kabul Ghazni KhostKhost Tan i (Kabul), Pashtun Kot (Faryab), Herat Chora 100.00 % 100.00 % (Herat), Kandahar (Kandahar) and FarahFarah UruzganUruzgan PaktikaPaktika Pusht Rod Zabul Gardez (Paktya), are districts with an 100.00 % Zabul increase of security incidents in the first quarter 2010 compared with the same

Lashkar Gah period in 2009. 100.00 % KandaharKandahar Zaranj Pakistan 100.00 % Nor increase or decrease: Chapa Dara Iran Hilmand Iran NimrozNimroz (Kunar), Fayzabad (Badakhshan), Maymana (Faryab), Tirin Kot (Uruzgan) and Saydabad (Wardak) districts did not present any change in these two periods.

Decrease: Kunduz (Kunduz), Puli Alam (Logar) and Jalalabad (Nangarhar) presented a decrease of incidents during these two compared periods. Synopsis Civilian Casualties Number of Civilian Deaths 583 Number of Injured Civilians 906 January – March 2010 Number of Affected Districts 132 OCHA | UN | Afghanistan Source: UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights

China Civilian Casualties Total Civilian Deaths Uzbekistan Tajikistan Incident without Civilian Deaths 1 - 7 8 - 17 18 - 33 34 - 57

Turkmenistan JawzjanJawzjan KunduzKunduz BalkhBalkh TaTa kha kha r r BadakhshanBadakhshan Between 1st January and 31st

SamanganSamangan March, the UN Office of the High BaghlanBaghlan Commissioner of Human Rights SariSari PulPul Faryab Faryab Nuristan (UNOHCHR) reported 583 civilian Badghis Badghis ParwanParwan deaths and 906 injured civilians in KunarKunar BamyanBamyan 132 districts in Afghanistan. Kabul Ghor Wardak Kabul LogarLogar Nangarhar 30% of all civili an death s durin g th e Herat Daykundi first quarter in 2010 were in three Paktya Ghazni Paktya districts: Nad Ali (Hilmand), KhostKhost Shahidi Lashkar Gah (Hilmand), and Hassas Uruzgan 33 FarahFarah Kandahar (Kandahar). Zabul Dihrawud Zabul 22 PaktikaPaktika

Nahri Sarraj Nad Ali 22 Kandahar 57 Lashkar 51 Kandahar Gah Kandahar Civilian Casualties: Top 10 Districts during 1st Quarter 2010 52 Pakistan 60 Iran Iran NimrozNimroz 50 40 30 Hilmand 20 10 0 Civilian Casualties by Incident Type Civilian Casualties

3% According to the UN Office of 3% IED 4% the High Commissioner of Human Rights, the most deadly 27% Suicide Attack (BB/ January – March 2010 8% VB) type of incident for civilians is Shooting IED followed by Suicide Attack OCHA | UN | Afghanistan (BB/VB). 48% of the civilian Air Attack Source: UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human 9% deaths during first quarter 2010 Rights Execution/ are attributed to these two Assassination causes. Mortar/ Rocket/ Grenade Attack 12% Search/ Raid

21% Escalation of Force/ Force Protection 13% Ground Engagement

Y/MthYear/Month Jan FbFeb Mar

2009 170 180 191 2010 139 147 118

Civilian Casualties by st Condition There was a decrease of civilian deaths duringgp the period between 1 January 100% and 31st March 2010 compared with the same period in 2009. 80% Injured 60%

40% Civilian Casualties by Month (Comparison: 2009 and 2010)

20% Killed 200 0% 180 160 Condition 140 120

Deaths 2009 100 2010 80 The UN Office of the High 60 Civilian

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Commissioner of Human Rights No 20 reported 61% of the civilian 0 casualties d uri ng thi s peri od i n Jan Feb Mar 2010 were injured. Months The Civilian Casualties’ Percentage of Change (between 1st quarter in 2009 and 2010), is a Civilian Casualties measure of difference between the number of civilian deaths occurred during 1st quarter st Percentage of Change between 2009 and the number of civilian deaths occurred during 1 quarter 2010. The sign of st st deviation, either positive or negative, indicates whether the total of civilian deaths occurred 1 Quarter 2009 and 1 Quarter during 1st quarter 2010 is larger than or smaller than the total of civilian deaths occurred 2010 during 1st quarter 2009. The magnitude of the value reports how different (in the percentage OCHA | UN | Afghanistan scale shown in the right) the total of civilian deaths occurred during 1st quarter in 2010 is Source: UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human st from the total of civilian deaths occurred during 1 quarter in 2009. Rights

China Civilian Casualties Uzbekistan Tajikistan PtfChPercentage of Change Decrease >100% Decrease between 99.99% and 0.01% Nor Decrease or Increase Increase between 0.01% and 50% Turkmenistan JawzjanJawzjan Khwaja Ghar Increase > 50% Turkmenistan Qush Tepa BalkhBalkh 100.00 % 100.00 % Mazari Shari KunduzKunduz 100.00 % Aliabad TaTa kha kha r r BadakhshanBadakhshan Sari Pul 100.00 % 100.00 % 100% Increase: There are 26 districts without

SamanganSamangan civilian deaths reported in the first quarter FaryabFaryab BaghlanBaghlan 2009, whilst during the first quarter 2010 Muqur SariSari PulPul Shutul 87.50 % there were civilian deaths reported. 100.00 % Nuristan BadghisBadghis Nijrab ParwanParwan 100.00 % KunarKunar BamyanBamyan Dih Sabz Mihtarlam Sirkanay Increase between 51% and 93%: 11 100.00 % 100.00 % 66.67 % KabulKabul Ghor Wardak Muhammad Agha Chaparhar districts during these two compared periods Guzara 100.00 % 100.00 % Logar Nangarhar 92.31 % Logar Achin ppyresented a considerably increase of civilian Daykundi Chamkani 100.00 % Herat Daykundi Charkh 100.00 % 75.00 % deaths higher than 50%. Musa Khel Paktya Ghazni Paktya100.00 % KhostKhost Baghran Chora Ya hya K hel Urgun 100.00 % 84.62 % 100.00 % Increment between 1% and 50%: Kabul Uruzgan 100.00 % Khaki FarahFarah Tirin Kot (Kabul), Alasay (Kapisa), Khash Rod Safed 68.57 % Paktika 100.00 % Paktika Qala-I-Kah (Nimroz), Maywand (Kandahar), Panjwayi 100.00 % Waza Khwa Sangin Khakrez 100.00 % (Kandahar), Khost (Khost) and Maydan 55.56 % 100.00 % Tar na k ZabulZabul Arghandab Wa Jaldak Sha hr (WdkWardak)ditit) districts presen tdted an 100.00 % 100.00 % Nawa- increase in civilian deaths in the first quarter i-Barakzayi 87.50 % 2010. Zaranj Pakistan 80.00 % IranIran NimrozNimroz KandaharKandahar Nor increment or decrease: During these two compared periods, 10 districts presented the same number of civilian deaths. Hilmand Decrease: 32 districts in Afghanistan presented a decrease in civilian deaths during these two compared periods. Synopsis Landmines & UXO Number of Casualties 144 Casualties Number of Affected Provinces 18 January – March 2010 Number of Affected Districts 39 OCHA | UN | Afghanistan Source: UN Mine Action Coordination Centre for Average of Casualties per Month 48 Afghanistan

China Landmine Casualties Uzbekistan Tajikistan Total Casualties 1 - 2 3 - 5 6 - 7 8 - 12

Turkmenistan Khwaja Turkmenistan Ghar JawzjanJawzjan KunduzKunduz 7 BalkhBalkh TaTa kha kha r r BadakhshanBadakhshan Baghlani Jadid 6

SamanganSamangan Baghlan FaryabFaryab Baghlan Qaysar During the first quarter 2010, UNMACA 11 SariSari PulPul reported 144 landmine casualties in 39 Nuristan BadghisBadghis districts in Afghanistan. ParwanParwan KunarKunar BamyanBamyan KabulKabul Ghor Rodat 23% of the landmine casualties occurred in Wardak 10 Muhmand Dara Logar Nangarhar 7 HHerateear a t Logar 3 districts (see chart below))g during the first Daykundi quarter 2010. Wali Mohammad Shahid PaktyaPaktya 7 KhostKhost Ghazni Sar Hawza Uruzgan 6

PaktikaPaktika FarahFarah ZabulZabul

Hilmand Nahri Sarraj 7 Landmine Casualties: Top 10 Districts during 1st Quarter 2010

14 Garmser Pakistan 12 12 IranIran Nimroz KandaharKandahar 10 8 6 4 2 0 Activity during Landmine/UXO Accident Landmines & UXO 30% of the landmine accidents Casualties occurred while people are Travelling Playing/Recreation, according to UNMACA reports. January – March 2010 Tending Animals OCHA | UN | Afghanistan Source: UN Mine Action Coordination Centre for Afghanistan Tampering

Playing/Recreation Landmine & UXO Casualties by Sex and Age Group Passing/Standing Nearby

Other > 50 Male Female 40% of the 41 ‐ 50 Household Work landmine casualties 31 ‐ 40 Farming occurred between 1st January and 21 ‐ 30 st Collecting 31 March 2010 Food/Water/Wood were men 11 ‐ 20 between 21 and 0 1020304050 30 years old. No. Casualties 1 ‐ 10

60 40 20 0 20 40 60 No. Casualties Casualties by Condition

During the first 31% quarter 2010, 97 Landmine/UXO Casualties by civilians were Occupation injured and 45 No. Injured were killed due to 69% Occupation Casualties landmines/UXO. Killed Civilian 142

Military 2

Mine Action Personnel 0

Other 0 The Landmine Casualties’ Percentage of Change (between 1st quarter in 2009 and 2010), is Landmines & UXO st a measure of difference between the number of landmine casualties occurred during 1 Casualties quarter 2009 and the number of landmine casualties occurred during 1st quarter 2010. The sign of deviation, either positive or negative, indicates whether the total of landmine Percentage of Change between st casualties occurred during 1 quarter 2010 is larger than or smaller than the total of 1st Quar ter 2009 an d 1st QtQuarter landmine casualties occurred during 1st quarter 2009. The magnitude of the value reports how different (in the percentage scale shown in the right) the total of landmine casualties 2010 occurred during 1st quarter in 2010 is from the total of landmine casualties occurred during OCHA | UN | Afghanistan Source: UN Mine Action Coordination Centre for Afghanistan 1st quarter in 2009. China Landmine Casualties Uzbekistan Tajikistan Uzbekistan Percentage of Change Decrease >100% Decrease between 99.99% and 0.01% Nor Decrease or Increase Increase between 0.01% and 50% Turkmenistan Archi Khwaja Increase >50% 100.00 % Ghar JawzjanJawzjan KunduzKunduz 57.14 % BalkhBalkh Khan Abad 100.00 % BadakhshanBadakhshan Baghlani TaTa kha kha r r Jadid 100.00 % SamanganSamangan Baghlan FaryabFaryab Baghlan 100% Increase: According to UNMACA records, Qaysar 100.00 % Khinjan there were 21 districts that did not present landmine SariSari PulPul 100.00 % Nuristan Bar Kunar Nuristan 75.00 % casualties in the first quarter 2009, but there were BadghisBadghis Shekh Dawlat Shah Ali ParwanParwan 100.00 % KunarKunar Bamyan 100.00 % landmine casualties in those districts during the first Bamyan Mihtarlam Jalrez Injil Kabul 100.00 % quarter 2010. 100.00 % KabulKabul Rodat 100.00 % 100.00 % Ghor 100.00 % Wardak Logar Nangarhar HHerateear a t Logar Daykundi Increase between 51% and 92%: Bar Kunar (Kunar), Wali Mohammad Shahid Khwaja Ghar (Takhar), Garmser (Hilmand), Tirin Kot Ghazni 85.71 % PaktyaPaktya Ghazni Andar KhostKhost 100.00 % Sar Hawza (Uruzgan), Sar Hawza (Paktika) and Ghazni (Ghazni) 66.67 % Uruzgan districts presented a relevant increase of landmine Tirin Kot Dila 66.67 % 100.00 % PaktikaPaktika casualties during the first quarter 2010. FarahFarah Musa Qala ZabulZabul 100.00 %

Sangin Hilmand 100.00 % Nahri Sarraj Increase between 1% and 50%: Sirkanay (Kunar), 100.00 % Maywand Kandahar (Kandahar), Bagram (Parwan) and 100.00 % Muhmand Dara (Nangarhar) districts, landmine

Garmser Pakistan casualties increased up to 50%. 91.67 % IranIran Nimroz KandaharKandahar Nor increment or decrease: Lashkar Gah (Hilmand), Kajaki (Hilmand) and Chaparhar (Nangarhar) districts presented th e same numb er o f l an dm ine casua lties during these two compared periods.

Decrease: 5 districts in Afghanistan presented a decrease in landmine casualties between 1st quarter 2009 and 1st quarter 2010. IDPs / Returnees Pre-and Post-31st Synopsis December 2002 Total Number of Individuals 319, 316 As of 31st March 2010 Total Number of Families 55,053 OCHA | UN | Afghanistan Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees

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Uzbekistan Tajikistan Internally Displaced Persons Total Individuals 22 - 1,524 1,525 - 5,320 5,321 - 12,692 Turkmenistan 12,693 - 70,436 Turkmenistan KunduzKunduz JawzjanJawzjan BalkhBalkh TaTa kha kha r r BadakhshanBadakhshan

BhlBBaghlanaghlan SamanganSamangan FaryabFaryab As of 31st March 2010, 319,316 Internally SariSari PulPul Nuristan Displaced People have been reported by st Badghis ParwanParwan UNHCR, including both, Pre-and Post-31 Badghis KunarKunar BamyanBamyan December 2002. KabulKabul Bihsud Injil Wardak Rodat LogarLogar Nangarhar DaykundiDkdiD ayk undi Lashkar Gah (Hilmand) is the district with Herat Ghor the highest concentration of IDPs (70,436), PaktyaPaktya Ghazni KhostKhost followed by Injil (Herat) with 33,961 IDPs. Khost(Matun)

Bala Uruzgan Buluk PaktikaPaktika FarahFarah ZabulZabul

Farah

IDPs / Returnees Pre and Post 31st December 2002 Lashkar Gah Top 10 Districts ‐as of 31/03/2010 Pakistan 80,000 Hilmand Panjwayi IranIran Nimroz Hilmand 70,000 KandaharKandahar 60,000 50,000 40,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 0 IDPs by Category IDPs / Returnees Pre and Post 31st December 2002 As of 31st March 2010

OCHA | UN | Afghanistan Post 31st Dec 2002 Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees 56% Conflict Induced Pre 31st Dec 2002 32% 44%

Disaster Induced 24%

Post 31 st December 2002– Conflict Induced China

Uzbekistan Tajikistan

Turkmenistan Kunduz JawzjanJawzjan BalkhBalkh TaTa kha kha r r BadakhshanBadakhshan

SamanganSamangan FaryabFaryab BaghlanBaghlan

SariSari Pul Nuristan

Parwan BadghisBadghis Parwan Kunar BamyanBamyan Kunar

Lashkar Gah (Hilmand) is the district with highest Injil Kabul Bihsud Wardak st Logar Nangarhar IDP Conflict Induced concentration of Post 31 December Conflict Induced Herat Logar Daykundi Ghor Post 31st Dec 2002 (Individuals) Internally Displaced People, with 48,232 IDPs, followed by 22 - 1,251 Ghazn i PaktyaPaktya Ghazn i Khost 1,252 - 6,615 Bala Buluk (Farah) – 12,692, Herat (Herat) – 6,615 and Farah 6,616 - 12,692 Bala 12,693 - 48,232 (Farah) – 4,858. Buluk Uruzgan PaktikaPaktika FarahFarah ZabulZabul Farah

Lashkar Gah Kandahar IranIran Hilmand Nimroz Hilmand Pakistan The Post 31st December 2002 Conflict Induced IDPs’ Percentage of Change (between 1st quarter in 2009 and 2010), is a measure of difference between the number of Post 31st December 2002 IDPs - Conflict Induce Conflict Induced IDPs reported as of 31st March 2009 and the number of Post 31st December st 2002 Conflict Induced IDPs reported as of 31st March 2010. The sign of deviation, either positive Post 31 Dec. 2002 or negative, indicates whether the total of Post 31st December 2002 Conflict Induced IDPs Percentage of Change between reported as of 31st March 2010 is larger than or smaller than the total of Post 31st December 2002 1st Quarter 2009 and 1st Quarter st Conflict Induced IDPs reported as of 31 March 2009. The magnitude of the value reports how 2010, as of 31st March 2010 different (in the percentage scale shown in the right) the total of Post 31st December 2002 Conflict st st OCHA | UN | Afghanistan Induced IDPs reported as of 31 March in 2010 is from the total of Post 31 December 2002 Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Conflict Induced IDPs reported as of 31st March in 2009. China IDP - Conflic Induced Uzbekistan Tajikistan Percentage of Change Decrease >100% Increase between 99.99% and 0.01% Nor Decrease or Increase Increase between 0.01% and 50% Turkmenistan Increase >50% Turkmenistan Kunduz BalkhBalkh JawzjanJawzjan Mazari Shari 100.00 % 100.00 % KunduzKunduz TaTa kha kha r r BadakhshanBadakhshan 100% Increase: There are 34 districts without SamanganSamangan st Baghlan Bargi Matal FaryabFaryab Baghlan Post 31 December 2002 Conflict Induced Kohistanat 100.00 % 100.00 % Rukha st Murghab 100.00 % IDPs reported by UNHCR as of 31 March Kushk SariSari PulPul Nuristan 100.00 % Asadabad st 100.00 % Ab Kamari Nuristan Mahmud Raqi 100.00 % 2009, whereas as of 31 March 2010 there 100.00 % ParwanParwan 100.00 % 100.00 % Qala-I-Naw BadghisBadghis Chaghcharan Qarabagh Alingar KunarKunar st BamyanBamyan 100.00 % were Post 31 December 2002 Conflict 100.00 % 100.00 % 100.00 % Khas Kunar Injil Chishti Kabul 100.00 % 100.00 % Obe Sharif Kabul Induced IDPs reported by the same source. Pashtun 100.00 % 100.00 % Wardak Muhmand Zarghun Tu la k Du Layna NangarharDara H eear a t 100.00 % 100.00 % LogarLogar 100.00 % Herat 100.00 % DaykundiDkdiD ayk undi Ghor Increase b et ween 1% an d 39% : KblKabul Paktya (Kabul), Nili (Daykundi), Mihtarlam Ghazni Paktya KhostKhost (Laghman), Qaysar (Faryab), and Ghazni

Bala Buluk Uruzgan (Ghazani) districts presented an increase of 100.00 % PaktikaPaktika st FarahFarah ZabulZabul Post 31 December 2002 Conflict Induced Farah IDPs. 100.00 %

Khas h Ro d 100.00 % Kandahar Lashkar Gah 100.00 % Nor increase or decrease: Kama 100.00 % KandaharKandahar (Nangarhar) and Khwaja Sabz (Faryab) Pakistan districts presented the same number of Post Iran Nimroz Hilmand Iran 31st December 2002 Conflict Induced IDPs during these two compared periods.

Decrease: Nari (Kunar), Jalalabad (Nangarhar), Bihsud (Nangarhar), and Qarghayi (Laghman) districts presented a decrease on Post 31st December 2002 Conflict Induced IDPs .