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31 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 2 others
Afghanistan OCHA Situation Report No. 34

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— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
1. According to press reports, an agreement on the deployment of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) to Afghanistan was initialed today by Afghan Interior Minister Yunus Qanooni and Britain's Major General John McColl. A formal signing ceremony will be held at a later date.
2. While the security conditions on several roads in southern Afghanistan has improved, the situation in and around Kandahar and Jalalabad is still volatile. The movement of armed elements and weaponry, bombing raids and fear of Taliban elements
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31 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 2 others
Afghans returning home despite landmines and massive destruction

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— UN High Commissioner for Refugees
KABUL, Dec. 31 (UNHCR) - With security and political stability progressively returning to Afghanistan, tens of thousands of refugees and internally displaced persons are returning to their homes despite landmines and the massive destruction in many areas caused by two decades of war and drought.
In the last two months an estimated 60,000 refugees returned home from Pakistan and Iran, while over 30,000 internally displaced Afghans went back to the capital of Kabul since late November.

At the same time, several hundred civilians continue to leave the country for Pakistan every day.

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31 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 3 others
Central Asia Region - Complex emergency fact sheet #39 (FY02)

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— US Agency for International Development


U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA)
OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)
CENTRAL ASIA TASK FORCE

Note: This Fact Sheet updates previously released Central Asia Region Fact Sheets and Situation Reports.

Numbers Affected

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31 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 1 other
Iranian aid sent to Afghanistan

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— Frontier Post
TEHRAN (Agencies): Hassan Ghadami, the director of the Red Crescent Search and Rescue Organization, says that Iran has sent 11 consignments consisting of hundreds of tons of humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan.

He added that the Iranian Red Crescent Society distributes assistance directly to needy Afghans. Ghadami said that one of the Iranian consignments consisted of 150 tons of clothes, foodstuff, and medicine which was sent to Nimrooz Province and its vicinity through Zahedan.

He added that more consignments would be sent to Afghanistan this week.

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31 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 2 others
Capitalizing on capacities of Afghan women: Women's role in Afghanistan's reconstruction and development

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— International Labour Organization


INFOCUS PROGRAMME ON CRISIS RESPONSE AND RECONSTRUCTION
Working Paper 4
By Sultan Barakat and Gareth Wardell
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

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28 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 3 others
Central Asia Region - Complex emergency situation report #13 (FY 2002)

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— US Agency for International Development
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U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA)
OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)
CENTRAL ASIA TASK FORCE

Note: this Situation Report updates previous Central Asia Task Force Situation Reports and Fact Sheets.

Background

Prior to September 2001, two decades of war in Afghanistan, including a decade-long Soviet occupation and ensuing civil strife, left Afghanistan impoverished and mired in an extended humanitarian crisis. Government infrastructure, including the ability to deliver

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27 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 2 others
UN press briefing in Islamabad 27 Dec 2001

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— UN Information Center, Islamabad
PRESS BRIEFING BY THE U.N. OFFICES FOR PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's briefing in Islamabad by the United Nations offices for Pakistan and Afghanistan (excluding question and answer session).

** Jordan Dey, Spokesperson for WFP

A Thai donation of 3,000 metric tons of rice to World Food Programme (WFP) to feed the hungry in the central region of Afghanistan, arrived today aboard the M.V. Khairpur at Karachi Port.

The rice from Thailand is worth US$678,000 and is enough to feed some 360,000 Afghans for one month. In the past five

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26 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 2 others
The number of Afghan refugees returning home rises steadily

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— UN High Commissioner for Refugees
KABUL, Dec. 26 (UNHCR) - The number of Afghan refugees returning home from Pakistan and Iran continues to rise steadily.
Following the installation of a new interim administration in Kabul in late December, as many as 5,000 civilians have been crossing the borders daily, according to UNHCR officials.

These are the highest regular returns since conditions changed dramatically in Afghanistan and surrounding countries in the wake of the September 11 attacks in the United States and subsequent military campaign against Afghanistan's Taliban leadership and the Al Qaida network.

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21 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 4 others
Central Asia: IRIN Weekly Round-up 37 covering the period 15 - 21 Dec 2001

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— IRIN
UNITED NATIONS
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network
IRIN-Asia
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Fax: +92-51-2292918
Email: IrinAsia@irin.org.pk

AFGHANISTAN: Interim administration faces key challenges

The proposed Afghan administration set to take up the reins of the country for six months from 22 December faces daunting challenges, analysts and officials say, cautioning against too much expectations from the new setup. "There are many expectations

IRIN:

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This article does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies. Refer to the IRIN copyright page for conditions of use.

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21 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 2 others
Afghanistan: Interview with Ahmad Fawzi, spokesman for Lakhdar Brahimi

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— IRIN
ISLAMABAD, 21 December (IRIN) - Afghanistan is under the international spotlight as an interim administration is set to take over the reins of power in the capital Kabul for a period of six months from 22 December, a first major step towards the establishment of peace and stability in the country ravaged by more than 20 years of war.
In an interview with IRIN on Thursday, Ahmad Fawzi, spokesman for the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Lakhdar Brahimi, said unprecedented international attention
IRIN:

A selection of IRIN reports are posted on ReliefWeb. Find more IRIN news and analysis at http://www.irinnews.org

Une sélection d'articles d'IRIN sont publiés sur ReliefWeb. Trouvez d'autres articles et analyses d'IRIN sur http://www.irinnews.org

This article does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations or its agencies. Refer to the IRIN copyright page for conditions of use.

Cet article ne reflète pas nécessairement les vues des Nations Unies. Voir IRIN droits d'auteur pour les conditions d'utilisation.

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21 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 7 others
UNHCR briefing notes: Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, DR Congo

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— UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Kris Janowski - Media Relations
This is a summary of what was said by the UNHCR spokesperson at today's Palais des Nations press briefing in Geneva.

1) Afghanistan

Refugees keep returning to Afghanistan from Iran and Pakistan as the situation in Afghanistan gradually improves and more staff from aid organisations are deployed on the ground. After a lull during the end of the Ramadan weekend, returns have picked up sharply, with thousands of people going back from Pakistan and Iran daily. On Thursday, an estimated 2.500 people returned to Afghanistan from Pakistan

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21 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 15 others
WFP Emergency Report No. 51 of 2001

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— World Food Programme
This report includes:
(A) West and Central Asia: (1) Regional overview, (2) Afghanistan, (3) Pakistan, (4) Iran, (5) Tajikistan

(B) Latin America and Caribbean Region: (1) Guatemala. (2) El Salvador, (3) Haiti

(C) East and Southern Africa Region: (1) Somalia (2) Eritrea

(D) West Africa Region: (1) Liberia, (2) Sierra Leone

(E) Central Africa Region: (1) Angola, (2) Namibia, (3) Republic of Congo, (4) Democratic Republic of Congo

(F) Eastern Europe region: Northern Caucasus: (1) Regional overview, (2) Ingushetia, (3) Chechnya

From Francesco Strippoli, Senior Humanitarian

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21 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 2 others
UN press briefing in Islamabad 21 Dec 2001

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— UN Information Center, Islamabad
PRESS BRIEFING BY THE U.N. OFFICES FOR PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's briefing in Islamabad by the United Nations offices for Pakistan and Afghanistan (excluding question and answer session).

** Dan Kelly, Programme Manager, Mine Action Programme for Afghanistan

I have expressed concern in the past about the ammunition depots within the military compounds that have been bombed and would like to give you a quote from a senior technical advisor who has just viewed some of these bombed depots in and around Kabul.

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21 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 2 others
USAID's Natsios on Afghanistan's reconstruction (byliner and transcript)

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— US Department of State
Byliner

(Following is a byline article by U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Andrew Natsios who represented the United States at a December 20-21 conference on the reconstruction of Afghanistan in Brussels, Belgium. There are no republication restrictions.)

A Dawn of Hope for Afghanistan's Reconstruction
By Andrew S. Natsios

(The author is administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development)

With the historic Bonn Accords that established a new Afghan Interim Governing Authority, and the demise of the Taliban

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21 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 5 others
Central Asia Region - Complex emergency situation report #12 (FY 2002)

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— US Agency for International Development
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U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA)
OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)
CENTRAL ASIA TASK FORCE

Note: this Situation Report updates previous Central Asia Task Force Situation Reports and Fact Sheets.

Background

Prior to September 2001, two decades of war in Afghanistan, including a decade-long Soviet occupation and ensuing civil strife, left Afghanistan impoverished and mired in an extended humanitarian crisis. Government infrastructure, including the ability to deliver

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20 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 3 others
UN press briefing in Islamabad 20 Dec 2001

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— UN Information Center, Islamabad
PRESS BRIEFING BY THE U.N. OFFICES FOR PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's briefing in Islamabad by the United Nations offices for Pakistan and Afghanistan (excluding question and answer session).

** Jordan Dey, Spokesperson for WFP

WFP Bakeries open again

Bakeries that will help more than 35,000 poor, destitute and widowed women in Kabul reopened today after being closed for the past two months.

The 21 WFP bakeries, once again using an all-female Afghan staff, was a point of contention under Taliban rule.

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19 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 1 other
UNFPA, Iran discuss cooperation in health services to Afghan refugees

Report
— Xinhua
TEHRAN, Dec 19, 2001 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Iran here on Wednesday discussed ways of further cooperating in extending health services to Afghan refugees.

The issue was discussed during a meeting between visiting UNFPA Executive Director Thoraya Ahmed Obaid and Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi, the official IRNA news agency reported.

Obaid, who arrived here on Tuesday for a six-day visit, expressed appreciation for Iran's efforts to render health services to Afghan refugees in the past two decades and called for further

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19 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 1 other
World Relief works with Iranian churches to help Afghan families

Report
— World Relief
BALTIMORE, December 19, 2001 - World Relief is working with Iranian churches to provide emergency supplies to 3,500 Afghan families in two camps for displaced people. The two camps, Mile 46 Camp and Makeki Camp, are located in western Afghanistan, next to the Iranian border. At least six children died of the cold this past month, just outside Mile 46 Camp.
World Relief, working with churches in the region, is providing food, clothing, shelter and medical attention to these families. The churches received permission from the Iranian
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19 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 5 others
AFSC work plan for relief and reconstruction - Aid for Afghan people: First mission assessment

Report
— American Friends Service Committee
Emergency humanitarian assistance to Afghan refugees and displaced families has been a major component ofAFSC's response to the events of September 11. Within the United States, the Quaker community has responded by sending blankets that will be shipped to Afghani-stan and distributed with help of several humanitarian organizations.
Before September 11 more than one million Afghans had been dis-placed from their homes and another three and a half million had become refugees. Most of them had taken refuge in Pakistan
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19 Dec 2001

Afghanistan + 6 others
Afghanistan: Humanitarian crisis: Appeal No. 32/01 (2nd revision)

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— IFRC


THIS REVISION NUMBER TWO OF APPEAL NO. 3212001 PRESENTS ACTIVITIES REFLECTING A REVISED TOTAL BUDGET OF CHF 28,748,124 IN CASH, KIND AND SERVICES. WITH THE CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED TO DATE, THE OUTSTANDING NEEDS ARE CHF 9,839,303 INTENDED TO ASSIST APPROXIMATELY 3 MILLION BENEFICIARIES FOR 12 MONTHS.1

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