Afghanistan Weekly Field Report 22,500 60,000 114,994

Afghanistan Weekly Field Report 21 - 27 May 2018

Key issues in the past week: • Fighting in Ghazni and Faryab provinces reportedly displaced nearly 20,000 people. • A new case of polio from Shahwalikot district, Kandahar, brings this year’s total of cases to 8. • More than 18,000 people affected by the recent flash floods received assistance. • 20,000 people who migrated due to the drought receive water via water trucking.

22,500 60,000 114,994 New IDPs reported People assisted in Total verified 28 May 2018 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 Natural Disasters and Drought A total of 114,994 people has been displaced by conflict Flash floods in Badakhshan, Faryab and Takhar provinces since the beginning of the year, according to OCHA’s in the past week affected around 2,200 people, according Displacement Tracking System (DTS). This is up by more to first inter-agency assessments (see response section). than 6,500 people compared to the previous week. The DTS In Hirat, all 20,000 people who migrated due to the drought tracks displacements based on humanitarian assessments. from Ghor and Badghis provinces beginning of May, receive Conflict Displacement Alerts (see map) water via water trucking supported by UNICEF. Some 7,000 Conflict displacement alerts are shared based on initial people have received food and distributions continue for the information received from the ground. Numbers can change remaining families. Tents and essential household items as more information becomes available. have been distributed to 8,400 people and distributions for the others is ongoing. The nearly 2,500 people who had Central Region: In Ghazni, fighting in Andar district, locally arrived in Kandahar recently were verified as having displaced up to 14,000 people, according to authorities and displaced not due to the drought, but rather due to poverty. an attack on Ajrestan district centre reportedly displaced an unknown number of families to surrounding villages. In Returns to Afghanistan Kapisa, 350 people were reportedly displaced from Tagab From 20 to 26 May, a total of 14,871 Afghan citizens and Alasay districts, due to insecurity. returned to their home country from abroad. According to Northern & North-Eastern Region: Some 5,500 people IOM, 271 Afghan citizens returned spontaneously from were displaced from Dawlatabad, Qaramqol and Pakistan and 15 were deported; from Iran, 6,275 people Khwajasabzposh districts, Faryab, notably to Maymana returned on their own and 8,156 were deported. UNHCR City and Andkhoy, due to conflict. repatriated and assisted 139 Afghan refugees from Pakistan, 14 from Iran and 1 from another country. Eastern Region: Fighting between armed groups in Batikot district, Nangarhar, reportedly displaced more than 200 Cluster Updates people to Jalalabad City and other localities in Nangarhar. Partners of the Health Cluster led by WHO reached 49,365 Some 130 people were displaced within Nuristan Province people with health services and consultations in 10 districts of following threats and intimidation, according to authorities. four provinces in the past week. The sub-Cluster Gender Based Violence (GBV) reached nearly 5,600 people with GBV Southern Region: Authorities in Tirinkot informed OCHA services, including 35 survivors of rape and sexual assault. of the cumulative arrival of around 1,000 displaced people from villages throughout Uruzgan Province. Around 800 Ongoing Response Activities (see page 2 for details) displaced people arrived in Zaranj, Nimroz, according to During the past week, more than 60,000 people received authorities, fleeing fighting in Farah, Ghor and Hilmand humanitarian aid or participated in sensitisation activities. More provinces. Further, nearly 500 people were reportedly than 37,000 displaced people, vulnerable returnees and displaced within Kandahar Province in the past few weeks. refugees in Badakhshan, Ghor, Kabul, Khost, Kunar, Kunduz, Laghman and Nangarhar were assisted by ACF, ACTED, Western Region: Localised, temporary displacement of an ANDMA, ARCS, CARE, DACAAR, DRC, IOM, NCRO, unknown number of families has been reported from the Oxfam/ADA, SCI, UNHCR, UNICEF and WFP. More than hard to reach Charsadra District, Ghor, due to clashes that 18,000 people affected by flash floods were assisted by are still ongoing. ANDMA, CARE, DRC and IOM and more than 4,300 people Health Alerts participated in health and hygiene promotion activities or mine risk education conducted by DACAAR, RI, UNMAS, WHH and WHO reported a further confirmed case of polio with a 14- ZOA/SHPOUL. Further, Afghanaid enrolled more than 300 month-old girl in Shahwalikot district, Kandahar, whose illiterate women in 17 community based schools. Not reported family had refused all vaccinations in the past. The total of in the past week, was the distribution of cash assistance in polio cases in Afghanistan reaches 8 with this latest case. Kunduz to 2,600 displaced people by OXFAM/ADA.

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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 | 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 | WHH, Welthungerhilfe | WFP, World Food Programme | Remark: To calculate the number of people per displaced family, the national average of seven family members is used.

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