Afghanistan Weekly Field Report 28 May – 3 June 2018

Key issues in the past week: • Conflict forced 6,300 people from their homes across the country, according to initial reports. • Flash floods in Takhar reportedly affected around 700 people, according to first information. • Snow fall in the Central Highlands created extensive destruction of fields and orchards. • In Hilmand, 150,000 heads of livestock have died due to the drought, according to authorities.

6,300 21,000 116,912 New IDPs reported People assisted in Total verified in the past week the past week IDPs in 2018 Provinces with conflict displacement in the past week, according to initial reports.

Countrywide conflict displacement In Hilmand, 150,000 heads of livestock have died due to the A total of 116,912 people has been verified as having drought, according to authorities, and the water table has displaced by conflict in 2018, according to OCHA’s significantly dropped in nine districts. At present, there are Displacement Tracking System (DTS). This is up by nearly no reports yet of migration movements in the Southern 2,000 people compared to the previous week. The DTS Region due to the ongoing drought. tracks displacements based on humanitarian assessments. The Dasht-e-Hawz site designated for the assistance of Conflict Displacement Alerts (see map) drought-migrated families north of Hirat City, Hirat, has proven unsuitable due to remoteness and harsh climatic Conflict displacement alerts are shared based on initial conditions. Authorities relocated all remaining 2,500 people information received from the ground. Numbers can change on the site back to Hirat City. According to provincial as more information becomes available. authorities, there is no land that they could allocate to the Central Region: Some 750 people arrived recently in the families to build temporary shelter. Around Qala-e-Naw, provincial capital Mahmud-e-Raqi and two other districts of Badghis, farmers have given up hope for the harvest and Kapisa Province from Tagab and Alasay districts of Kapisa started feeding the wheat that could not germinate to cattle. and from Shigal Wa Sheltan district, Kunar, according to Returns to Afghanistan authorities. Nearly 1,000 people reportedly arrived in Kabul City from different provinces and authorities in Paktya From 27 May to 2 June, a total of 15,575 Afghan citizens informed that 2,400 people arrived in Gardez City, Paktya, returned to their home country from abroad. According to from six districts of the province, due to conflict. IOM, 221 Afghan citizens returned spontaneously from Pakistan and 31 were deported; from Iran, 6,655 people Northern & North-Eastern Region: Fighting over control returned on their own and 8,547 were deported. Further, of Dasht-e-Qala district centre, Takhar, on 30 May has UNHCR repatriated and assisted 89 Afghan refugees from displaced an unknown number of people to multiple Pakistan, 25 from Iran and 7 from other countries. locations within the district and to neighbouring districts, according to initial reports. More than 2,000 displaced Cluster Updates people arrived recently in Kunduz City, Kunduz, from within Partners of the Health Cluster in the Eastern Region reached the province and Badakhshan and Baghlan provinces. more than 6,100 displaced people and returnees from Pakistan with health services and consultations and vaccinated nearly Southern Region: Military operations targeting armed 450 children. The sub-Cluster Gender Based Violence (GBV) groups in Uruzgan’s Chora district have reportedly led to reached more than 5,700 people with GBV services, including displacements of 140 people to Tirinkot. Fighting in Nad-e- 244 female survivors of GBV. Ali / Marja district, Hilmand, continued to displace people on a daily basis and at the same time, many of the recently Ongoing Response Activities (see page 2 for details) displaced families have gradually returned to their homes in During the past week, more than 20,000 displaced people, areas of the district they deem safe. According to initial returnees, refugees, vulnerable host communities and information, most houses are destroyed and the returned families affected by natural disasters received humanitarian families are highly vulnerable and in need of assistance. aid or participated in health sensitisation activities. Natural Disasters and Drought Activities were reported from Badakhshan, Badghis, Flash floods in Takhar Province in the past week reportedly Baghlan, Balkh, Faryab, Ghor, Hilmand, Kunar, Laghman, affected around 700 people, according to first information. Nangarhar and Samangan by organizations including ACF, Afghanaid, ANDMA, CoAR, IMC, IOM, IRC, Mission East, Snow fall in the second half of May in Bamyan and PU-AMI, RI, SCI, UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP and WHH. In Daykundi reportedly caused extensive destruction of fields addition, water trucking continued in Hirat City for 20,000 and orchards in an area already experiencing an estimated people who migrated due to the drought beginning of May. 50 per cent decrease of harvest due to the drought.

www.unocha.org 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. Coordination Saves Lives Weekly Field Report- Afghanistan | 2 Conflict IDPs assisted by region and sector in the past week

Internally Displaced People assisted by sector in 2018

Internally Displaced People assisted by week in 2018

Sources: The Weekly Field Report is prepared by OCHA in collaboration with humanitarian partners and Clusters. 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 | ESNFI, Emergency Shelter & NFI Cluster | FSAC, Food Security & Agriculture Cluster | 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 | NSAG, Non- State Armed Group | MPC, multi-purpose cash assistance | OCT, Operational Coordination Team | OHC, Organization for Humanitarian and Development | 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 | Remark: To calculate the number of people per displaced family, the national average of seven family members is used.

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