Afghanistan Weekly Field Report 10 -16 September 2018

Key issues in the past week:  Fighting across the country displaced more than 6,700 people, according to initial reports.  66,000 people affected by conflict and drought received humanitarian aid in six provinces.  A health facility in Khogyani, Nangarhar, was reportedly severely damaged in fighting.

6,700 225,166 66,000 New IDPs reported Total verified People assisted in in the past week IDPs in 2018 the past week

Provinces with conflict displacement in the past week, according to initial reports. Countrywide Conflict Displacement presented on-going response, shared key messages and A total of 225,116 people has been verified as having been sought feedback and concerns through group discussions. displaced by conflict in 2018, according to OCHA’s Displacement Tracking System (DTS). This is up by more Returns to Afghanistan than 2,600 people from the past week. From 9 Sep to 15 September, a total of 17,272 Afghan Conflict Displacement Alerts (see map & remark on p.2) citizens returned to their home country. According to UNHCR, 574 Afghan refugees returned to Afghanistan from Central Region: More than 670 IDPs recently arrived in Pakistan and 65 from Iran. According to IOM, 903 Afghan Kabul from Nangarhar, Baghlan, Kunduz and Samangan citizens returned from Pakistan on their own and 66 were provinces, according to authorities. In Paktya, some 870 deported. From Iran, 7,067 people returned on their own people reportedly displaced from insecure districts to the and 8,597 were deported, according to IOM. provincial capital Sayedkaram / Mirzaka. From within Khost Province, nearly 1,700 people reportedly moved to the Security Incidents as Humanitarian Access Constraints provincial capital Khost (Matun). A health facility in Khogyani District, Nangarhar, was Northern and North-Eastern Region: Some 2,100 people severely damaged in fighting between military forces and displaced to Maymana City, Faryab, following an attack on an armed group, according to information from the ground. their village n Pashtunkot district, according to authorities. In No health staff or patients were injured, but the health Pul-e-Khumri, Baghlan, 2,000 people arrived from five facility has ceased working, leaving some 15,000 people districts within the province, according to authorities. without access to health services. Eastern Region: Some 880 people were reportedly Attendance of students in schools in Jalalabad, Nangarhar, displaced in Laghman and Nangarhar provinces, notably has reportedly dropped significantly after four IEDs due to threats and intimidation by armed groups. detonated in front of schools that had reopened for the new academic year. Islamic State-Khorasan (ISK) claimed Southern Region: An unknown number of people have responsibility for the attacks, after having issued threats displaced to the provincial capitals of Hilmand, Uruzgan and against girls’ schools in Jalalabad earlier this year. Zabul due to active conflict, according to initial, unverified reports from the ground. Ongoing Response Activities (see page 2 for details) Western Region: Some 220 people have been identified as During the past week, nearly 66,000 people affected by having arrived in Qala-e-Naw, Badghis, after having fled conflict and drought received humanitarian assistance their homes in four districts due to renewed conflict. including cash, food, hygiene kits, NFIs, tents or participated in sensitization sessions on health, hygiene and mines risks. Drought Update (see response section) Activities were reported from Badghis, Faryab, Ghazni, Despite ramp-up of humanitarian action across all sectors Ghor, Hirat, Jawzjan, Kandahar, Nangarhar, Nuristan and in Qala-e-Naw City, Badghis, and the centre of Abkamari Sar-e-Pul provinces conducted by ACTED, ANDMA, district, there are critical gaps in providing assistance to the DACAAR, DRC-DDG, HI, IMC, IRC, IOM, NCRO, NRC, estimated 179,000 people who have displaced due to the OHW, RI, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNMAS and WFP. drought. Most families appear to be willing to return to their areas of origin if they receive assurance that food will be In addition, water trucking continued in Hirat City and Qala- distributed to them and the increased target of families to e-Naw City, for all displaced people. Mobile health teams in be reached by WFP food distributions in these areas will the sites provided on average 1,500 consultations per day. likely encourage returns. In Ghor, WFP started food Across the country, partners of the Sub-Cluster Gender distribution for 47,000 people in rural areas. Based Violence (GBV) led by UNFPA reached more than In Hirat City, members of the Western Region Community 6,600 people, including 361 survivors of GBV. The Health Engagement Working Group held a workshop with some Cluster led by WHO provided consultations to nearly 380 representatives from the informal sites. Clusters 50,000 in 13 districts of 5 provinces.

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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.

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