Afghanistan Weekly Field Report

Week of 4 – 10 September 2017 Afghanistan from Pakistan, according to IOM from 27 August to 9 September. From Iran, 4,709 people returned spontaneously and 9,782 were deported. In total, 329,150 undocumented returnees have returned to Afghanistan in 2017, 84,151 from Pakistan and 244,999 from Iran. From 2 to 9 September, 96 registered refugees returned to Afghanistan, 51 from Pakistan and 45 from Iran, as reported by UNHCR. Since January, UNHCR has assisted the return of 48,077 Afghan refugees to Afghanistan; 46,976 of them from Pakistan alone. Natural Disasters ER: ANDMA reported over 80 damaged houses in Nari district of Kunar Province, following flash floods on 4 September. Some 15 km of road were damaged, 49 livestock lost and 50 acres of agriculture land flooded.

(please also see page 2) Ongoing Response Activities Countrywide Conflict Displacement Since 1 January, 275,874 displaced people received humanitarian assistance. During the last week, more than From 1 January to 10 September 2017, 229,112 people fled 2,009 displaced people and undocumented returnees their homes due to conflict, up by more than 5,238 people received some form of immediate humanitarian support. compared to the previous week. A total of 30 out of 34 provinces CR: In Kabul City, 18 displaced families (126 IDPs) received continue to record some level of forced displacement. AFN 30,000 in the form of multipurpose cash assistance from Central: On 3 September ANSF regained control of Janikhel DRC. In Matun district, Khost Provice, SI assisted 111 district of Paktya Province; no civilian displacement was families (777 IDPs) with AFN 12,000 per family to meet r recorded although the health centre was reportedly occupied by health, rent and transportation needs, while IRC will provide ANSF forces in the process temporarily hampering heath AFN 6,000 for non-food needs and OHD will provide a WFP service provision – still ongoing. Overall, 12,969 people have two-month food package. Similarly, 1,260 individuals been verified as displaced in the Central Region in 2017, received a two month WFP food ration in Urgun district of representing 5 per cent of the countrywide total. Paktika Province. Northern/North Eastern (NR/NER): More than 4,725 NR/NER: No response took place during the reporting period. individuals have reportedly been displaced from Chahar Dara ER: In Behsud district, Nangarhar Province and Asadabad district of Kunduz Province to Kunduz city – verification is district, Kunar Province, NRC distributed AFN 30,000 per ongoing. Meanwhile, a second assessment will be carried out by family, as well as hygiene kits and tents to 79 families (553 ARCS on IDPs recently displaced in Ghormach District, Faryab IDPs). Meanwhile, DRA/ZOA organized health and hygiene Province once access improves. Over 4,417 people have so far education sessions for 106 returnee individuals in Kuz Kunar been verified as displaced in the province out of an initial 21,000 district of Kunar Province and distributed 50 hygiene kits to reported. Since January, 93,517 people have been verified as returnee families. Also, 2,900 returnees and IDPs received displaced across these two regions so far in 2017, representing outpatient services in the Eastern region and 89 children were 41 per cent of the overall total. vaccinated. Eastern: No IDP petitions were received during the past week. SR/SER: No response took place during the reporting period. Since January, 36,708 displaced people have been assessed in the Eastern Region, 17 per cent of the countrywide total. WR: DRC provided AFN 18,000 to 95 IDP families (665 individuals) in Farah city to cover basic food needs, rent, Southern/South Eastern: In addition to recent reports of transport or fuel. In Qala-e-Naw district of Badghis Province, displacement in Lashkargah district, Hilmand Province, some NRC provided AFN 14,000 to 26 families (182 individuals); 1,470 individuals were reportedly displaced from nearby Nawa- WFP provided a two-month food ration, IRC provided e-Barakzaiy district to Lashkargah and an unknown quantity in emergency latrines, chlorination for water points, hygiene kits Garmser district. Meanwhile, in Uruzgan Province, military and purification tablets; UNHCR provided NFI kits and operations have resulted in reported displacement; 2,954 IDPs hygiene promotion sessions. The families had been displaced have so far been verified. Further, in Kandahar Province, from Qadis, Abkamari, Muqur, Ghormach and Qala-e-Naw approximately 700 people were displaced within Shahwalikot outskirts to Qala-e-Naw city in July 2017. district due to fighting between government and NSAG forces. Nearly 52,663 people are currently displaced in the Southern Access Constraints and Security Incidents and Southeastern regions, 23 per cent of the countrywide total. SR: Access to Ghormach and Bala Murghab districts of Badghis Western: No displacement took place last week. A total of Province is impeded due to adverse security conditions. ARCS 33,255 people are currently displaced in the Western Region. Faryab and Hirat are currently negotiating access. They account for 14.5 per cent of displaced people across the country. Key dates & meetings WR: OCT meeting, Kandahar City, 11 Sep Returnees and Refugees CR: HNO planning workshop, 14 Sep Some 631 spontaneous returnees and 183 deportees arrived in

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Humanitarian Response for Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in August and September 2017n

Region Cluster Response Type People assisted in Aug and Sep Partners Newly Identified 2017 IDPs Aug(People - Sep in need)2017 2017

Capital Cash 888 DRC, CARE 1,423 12,941 ESNFI Family kits 231 DRC FSAC Cash for food 906 DRC WASH Hygiene kits 322 DACAAR Central Highland 160 188 Eastern Cash 2,018 OHW, PU-AMI, SCI 1,021 36,708 ESNFI NFI Kits (Complete) 431 SHPOUL Cash for food 2,018 OHW, PU-AMI, SCI FSAC Food Package 431 SHPOUL North Eastern Cash 8,582 ACTED, NRC 1,458 62,795 ESNFI NFI Kits (Complete) 5,215 SCI, UNHCR FSAC Food Package 11,830 ANDMA, WFP WASH Hygiene kits 5,943 DACAAR Northern NFI Kits (Complete) 924 UNHCR 4,613 30,722 ESNFI Cash 2,373 WFP FSAC Food Package 924 WFP Other Unconditional cash 3,906 ACTED Souther Eastern FSAC Food Package 721 OHD 3,122 10,108 Other Unconditional cash 3,010 DRC, IRC, PIN, SI Southern Cash 3,898 ACF, NRC, IRC 687 42,555 ESNFI NFI Kits (Complete) 1,271 UNHCR FSAC Food Package 5,169 WFP Other Unconditional cash 1,718 ACF Hygiene kits 4,585 IRC, DOPH, UNICEF WASH Other 1,312 UNICEF Water containers 1,718 UNICEF Western Blankets 232 UNHCR 10,623 33,255 Cash 5,132 ACF, DRC, NRC, UNHCR ESNFI NFI Kits (Complete) 3,550 IRC, UNHCR, UNICEF Tents 462 IRC, UNHCR Cash for food 3,908 ACF, DRC, NRC, WFP FSAC Food Package 2,580 WFP Health Other 533 NRC Other Unconditional cash 10,602 ACF, DRC, NRC Chlorine 1,289 IRC Emergency latrines 703 IRC Female hygiene kits 293 UNHCR WASH Hygiene education 2,152 ACF, IRC, UNHCR Hygiene kits 3,787 ACF, IRC, UNHCR, UNICEF Water treatment tablet 792 IRC

Data source: OCHA Displacement Tracking System (Please note: data available as of 10 September 2017, numbers are expected to change as more information becomes available). To calculate the number of people per family, the national average of seven family members is used.

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