Afghanistan
OCHA - Afghanistan: Situation Report - Highlights (September 4, 2019)
- In August, civilian continue to be affected by violence in the last month of campaigning before the 28 September presidential election that had been delayed twice already.
- Natural disasters in 2019 severely damaged or destroyed 24,653 homes in 32 provinces, affecting 292,525 people.
- Attacks on schools tripled between 2017 and 2018 in the first increase in attacks since 2015.
- Healthcare out of reach for many Afghan as nearly a third of the population needs to travel more than 5 km to receive health services.
- Devastating combination of drought, conflict and insecurity in 2018 continues to exacerbate the nutritional status of vulnerable people.
Key Figures
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People in Need 6,300,000 15% increase since June 19, 2018
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People Targeted for Assistance 4,500,000 No change since May 31, 2019
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Children in Need 3,800,000 58% increase since July 18, 2018
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People in Food Crisis/Emergency (IPC phase 3+) 9,838,408 29% increase since August 20, 2017
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Undocumented Afghan Returnees from Iran (per year) 290,881 3% increase since August 17, 2019
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Undocumented Afghan Returnees from Pakistan (per year) 14,189 2% increase since August 17, 2019
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Registered Afghan Returnees from Pakistan (per year) 2,036 11% increase since June 15, 2019
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Conflict-Induced Displacements (per year) 217,000 64% increase since May 31, 2019
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Returnees from Pakistan (per year) 16,700 45% increase since May 31, 2019
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Registered Afghan Refugees in Pakistan 1,404,274 No change since April 6, 2019
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Afghan Refugees in Turkey 170,000 No change since July 18, 2019
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Civilians Killed and Injured (per year) 8,050 23% decrease since December 31, 2017
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Civilians Killed (per year) 2,798 19% decrease since December 31, 2017
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Civilians Injured (per year) 5,252 25% decrease since December 31, 2017
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KKA Incidents (Killed, Kidnapped and Arrested) against Aid Workers (per year) 5 58% decrease since December 31, 2018
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Aid Workers affected by KKA Incidents (Killed, Kidnapped and Arrested per year) 17 50% decrease since December 31, 2018
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Aid Workers Killed (per year) 12 14% decrease since December 31, 2018
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Aid Workers Kidnapped (per year) 5 71% decrease since December 31, 2018
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New IDPs by Conflict (per year) 213,000 43% decrease since December 31, 2018
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New IDPs by Natural Disasters (per year) 106,000 76% decrease since December 31, 2018
Key Content
Appeals & Response plans
- OCHA: 2019 Afghanistan Humanitarian Needs Overview
- OCHA: Afghanistan: Humanitarian Response Plan (January 2018 - December 2021) - 2019 update, December 2018
- UNHCR: Afghanistan Multi-year Protection and Solutions Strategy (2019-2021)
- UNICEF: Humanitarian Action for Children 2019-2021 - Afghanistan
- FAO: Afghanistan Emergency Livelihoods Response Plan 2019
- Govt. Afghanistan: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Ministry of Education National Education Strategic Plan 2017–2021
Latest Updates
- EU: EASO Latest asylum trends – July 2019
- ECHO: ECHO Factsheet – Afghanistan (Last updated 12/09/2019)
- Action Against Hunger: Afghanistan: AC401 - ERM 09 Conflict: Household Assessment Report in Bamyan city of Bamyan Province
- UNAMA: Ending the conflict and harm to civilians the focus of a Gardez radio discussion
- DACAAR: Launch of the first online Vocational Training Linkage platform in Afghanistan
Useful Links
- Humanitarian InSight: Afghanistan 2019
- Afghanistan 2019 | Financial Tracking Service
- HR.info Afghanistan
- OCHA Afghanistan
- UNHCR Global Focus
- Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA)
- Afghan Red Crescent Society
- UNAMA (UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan)
- Food Security Cluster: Afghanistan
- HRW World Report 2019 - Afghanistan: Events of 2018