AFGHANISTAN Weekly Humanitarian Update (7 – 13 June 2021) KEY FIGURES IDPs IN 2021 (AS OF 13 JUNE) 148,568 People displaced by conflict (verified) 101,132 Received assistance (including 2020 caseload) NATURAL DISASTERS IN 2021 (AS OF 13 JUNE) 24,073 Number of people affected by natural disasters Conflict incident UNDOCUMENTED RETURNEES Internal displacement IN 2021 (AS OF 3 JUNE) 509,501 Disruption of services Returnees from Iran 5,882 Returnees from Pakistan 29 South: Conflict and internal displacement Returnees from other Fighting between Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and a non-state countries armed group (NSAG) continued in Uruzgan, Zabul, Nimroz and Kandahar HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE provinces causing civilians to be displaced mainly to provincial capitals, PLAN (HRP) REQUIREMENTS & according to local reports. FUNDING Conflict in Gizab District, Uruzgan province reportedly resulted in 13 civilian 1.28B deaths including two women and two children while nine others were wounded. Requirements (US$) – HRP Several families were reportedly temporarily displaced and have since returned 2021 to their places of origin. Intense fighting was also reported in the vicinity of Tirinkot city causing people to be displaced within the province, according to 289.4M preliminary reports. 23% funded (US$) in 2021 In Kandahar province, hostilities continued in Maywand and Shahwalikot districts, AFGHANISTAN HUMANITARIAN and Kandahar city. The ANSF are reportedly conducting clearing operations in FUND (AHF) 2021 Dahla dam in Shahwalikot district, while an NSAG reportedly opened the irrigation water from the Dahla dam to agricultural areas and to the underground 43.61M water-table in Kandahar City. In Hilmand province, ANSF clearing operation and Contributions (US$) airstrikes are ongoing in the western and southern parts of Lashkargah city. Humanitarian flights have been suspended to Lashkargah due to security threats. 0 Fighting intensified around Qalat City, Zabul province causing some families to Pledges (US$) be displaced to the city centre. In Nimroz province, civilians in the Ghorghori area 25.64M of Khashrod District have reportedly been leaving for Zaranj City and Chakhansur Expenditure (US$) district following a warning from an NSAG of fighting to come. According to local authorities, 3,458 people were displaced within and from Shinkay, Shahjoy and 30.29M Suri district to Qalat District. A needs assessment has been initiated in Qalat City. Available for allocation, Between 7 and 10 June, 1,666 internally displaced persons (IDPs) were provided including carry-over (US$) with food, emergency shelter, relief items, water, sanitation, hygiene and hygiene www.unocha.org The mission of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is to mobilize and coordinate effective and principled humanitarian action in partnership with national and international actors. Weekly Field Report | 2 education and cash-based assistance in Kandahar province (140 people) and Lashkargah (1,526 people). An additional 1,691 people in need will be assisted in the coming days in Lashkargah. North-east: Civilians killed and injured including from attack on NGO Fighting between ANSF and an NSAG was reported in Aliabad and Khanabad Districts in Kunduz Province. According to local authorities, since the start of the conflict nearly 35,000 people have been displaced to Kunduz city and to safer locations in surrounding areas. Inter-agency teams identified 21,987 people to be in need of assistance. So far humanitarian aid has reached 7,147 people with assistance ongoing. On 13 and 14 June, fighting in Eshkamish and Bangi district in Takhar province displaced some 490 people to Taloqan city and Khan-Abad district, Kunduz province. In Badakhshan, some 270 people were reportedly displaced by insecurity from Arghajkhaw district, province to Faizabad city on 13 June. During the reporting period, 17 civilians were killed and 38 others injured. On 8 June, an attack in Baghlan province claimed by the Islamic State of Khorasan on the Halo Trust resulted in the death of 10 deminers and severe injuries to 16 others. Humanitarian partners reached 28,974 people affected by conflict and 8,491 others were identified to receive aid in the coming days. East: Conflict affecting health services, causing displacement Sporadic hostilities continued around and within Nurgaram’s DAC in Nuristan province, Bad Pakh and Alishing in Laghman province, Hisarak in Nangarhar province and Ghaziabad in Kunar province while ANSF clearing operations continued in several districts. According to local authorities in Nangarhar province, as many as 1,400 families (approximately 9,800 people) may have been displaced in the reporting period. An inter-agency assessment mission has been planned to verify this information. The Duab district hospital remains closed as staff have yet to return. Since the start of the conflict, fighting has displaced a cumulative 23,000 people Laghman and 12,000 people in Nangarhar province, with a combined 24,000 IDPss verified as needing assistance. Of 12,516 people assessed by inter-agency teams this week, 4,368 newly displaced people were recommended to receive immediate humanitarian assistance. A total of 10,703 people received humanitarian assistance comprising 7,154 new IDPs, 3,409 people in prolonged displacement, and 140 undocumented returnees who received post- arrival assistance at the Torkham Transit Centre. West: Security situation continues to deteriorate During the reporting period, the security situation deteriorated further with fighting including airstrikes and changes in control reported in several districts, DACs and checkpoints in Hirat, Farah, Badghis and Ghor provinces. On 9 June, two civilians were wounded by a grenade attack on police in Farah City. During the reporting period, aid agencies assessed and provided aid to 1,025 people displaced by conflict in Badghis and Ghor provinces. Centre: Fighting and violence affecting civilans The security situation in the centre remained unstable with increased violence against civilians in Kabul, Kapisa, Logar, Wardak, Parwan, Khost, Ghazni, Paktya and Paktika provinces. Attacks on local buses continued for the second week in a row resulting in civilian casualties. A total of 28 civilians were killed and 27 others injured in Kabul, Logar, Khost and Paktya provinces from IEDs, mortars and personal and land disputes. A total of 703 IDPs were assisted in Kabul and Wardak provinces and 136 people affected by natural disasters received aid in Daykundi province. In addition, 1,757 IDPs were identified to receive humanitarian aid in Khost and Paktika provinces; and 2,730 new IDPs have been reported in Kabul, Panjsher, Khost and Paktya provinces. North: Insecurity increases affecting several provinces The number of security incidents (98 in total) increased by 20 per cent during the reporting period compared to the previous week, along with a reported change of control in Qaysar and Dawlatabad DACs in Faryab province and in Zari DAC in Balkh province. Sporadic fighting was reported in the following provinces: Frayab, Jawzjan and Sari Pul and the vicinity of Sari Pul city. A total of 66 people displaced by conflict were identified to be eligible for humanitarian aid in Balkh, Faryab and Jawzjan provinces. For further information, please contact: Linda Tom, Public Information Officer, OCHA Afghanistan, [email protected], Cell: +93 79300 11 10 For more information, please visit: unocha.org | reliefweb.int facebook.com/UNOCHAAfghanistan | twitter.com/OCHAAfg United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs www.unocha.org .