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19 Feb 2008

Afghanistan + 2 others
Global Plan 2008: Humanitarian aid benefiting vulnerable people affected by the consequences of the Afghan conflict and natural hazards In Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan

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— European Commission Humanitarian Aid department

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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Following the fall of the Taliban in November 2001 the international community made a huge commitment to Afghanistan. Donors pledged considerable amounts for reconstruction at international conferences in Tokyo (2002), Berlin (2004) and at the London conference in January 2006. With the increasing impact of this post-emergency aid DG ECHO progressively scaled down the amount and range of its funding, from 73,000,000 EUR in 2002 to 22,500,000 EUR in 2006. However, the progressive deterioration in the security situation has made it increasingly difficult

11 Oct 2006

Afghanistan
Emergency humanitarian aid for the victims of drought in Afghanistan

Report

— European Commission Humanitarian Aid department

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Location of operation: AFGHANISTAN
Amount of Decision: EUR 2,500,000
Decision reference number: ECHO/AFG/BUD/2006/01000

Explanatory Memorandum

1 - Rationale, needs and target population.

1.1. - Rationale:

Large parts of Afghanistan are currently experiencing a severe drought situation, affecting populations who are still recovering from the severe drought that lasted from 1998 2004. In general in Afghanistan, based on historical observation, regular dry cycles of 15 years are observed, during which one would expect 2 -3 years of drought

20 Jan 2006

Afghanistan + 2 others
Global Plan 2006: Humanitarian aid for vulnerable people affected by the consequences of the Afghan crisis and natural hazard in Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan

Report

— European Commission Humanitarian Aid department

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The fall of the Taliban in November 2001 has brought about political, economic and developmental processes which are, slowly, yielding results. The international community has made a huge commitment to Afghanistan. In terms of aid, at international conferences at Tokyo (2002) and Berlin (2004) donors pledged US$14.4 billion for reconstruction 2002 - 2006, of which US$3.8 billion from the European Union. With the increasing impact of this post-emergency aid DG ECHO has substantially scaled down the amount and range of its funding, from 73 million EUR in

08 Nov 2004

Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Food insecurity growing in northeast

Report

— IRIN

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MAIMANA, 8 November (IRIN) - Sitting outside their house in the isolated Charshanbe Afghania village, Ajab Gul's children had to wait until late in the day before the nine-member family had their only meal.

Gul, a 35-year old returnee, is the only breadwinner for his malnourished children, mother, wife and disabled father, has to travel 70 km to earn five loaves of bread to feed his family every day.

"Each day is a challenge and like

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29 Sep 2004

Afghanistan
UNICEF Humanitarian Action: Afghanistan Donor Update 30 Sep 2004

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— UN Children's Fund

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TOWARD ADVANCEMENT OF AFGHAN CHILD'S AND WOMAN'S RIGHTS

A drought Flash Appeal issued by Government and UN to mitigate water shortage

Efforts continue to stop polio transmission among Afghan children

Education being brought to Afghan girls in communities without schools

Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration progressing for 5,000 former child soldiers

23 Sep 2004

Afghanistan
Press briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, UNAMA Spokesman 23 Sep 2004

Report

— UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan

TALKING POINTS

Procedures For The Accreditation of Political Parties

This last week the Joint Electoral Management Body [JEMB] accredited 4 more political parties to monitor the election, bringing the total number of accredited political parties for that purpose to 32.

On Monday (September 20) the JEMB issued a new regulation expanding to representatives of presidential candidates running as independents the right to monitor elections as well.

The 4 political parties, which are now accredited to monitor the elections, are:

Hezbi Libral (Azadi Khwa) Afghanistan,

02 Sep 2004

Afghanistan + 1 other
Press briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, UNAMA Spokesman 2 Sep 2004

Report

— UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan

TALKING POINTS

Afghan Government And UN Launch Emergency Appeal to Combat Drought - US$71.3 Million Needed

Yesterday at a press conference with the Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, Haneef Atmar as well as the Minister of Irrigation, Water Resources and Environment (MIWRE) and Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry (MAAH), a non-governmental organizations (NGO) representative as well as Ameerah Haq, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Afghanistan and Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General

12 Aug 2004

Afghanistan
Press briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, UNAMA Spokesman 12 Aug 2004

Report

— UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan

TALKING POINTS

Afghan Voter Registrants Pass 9.5 Million Mark

As of 10 August the number of Afghans registered throughout the country to vote reached 9,643, 302. Of that total 5,634, 835 (58.4 percent) are men and 4,008,467 (41.6 percent) are women.

JEMB Announces Candidates For 9 October Presidential Election

On Tuesday (10 August) the Joint Electoral Management Body JEMB) announced the names of 18 candidates eligible to contest the 9 October Presidential election. We have a JEMB press release and a list with the names of the candidates in English, Dari and Pashto.

28 Jul 2004

Afghanistan
Returnees help Afghanistan's Shomali Plain to flourish again

Report

— UN High Commissioner for Refugees

BAGH-E-ALAM, Afghanistan, July 28 (UNHCR) - The simple mud houses that returning refugees are building amid the ruins of Bagh-e-Alam testify to the extent of the devastation inflicted by war, and the current rebirth, in this area north of the capital of Afghanistan.
"You couldn't find a cat to say meow," said Attah Mir, head of the shura, the council of elders representing Bagh-e-Alam and 20 smaller surrounding villages. "The houses were burnt and all the trees had been cut down. Everything was destroyed."

But since the defeat in late 2001 of

07 Jul 2004

Afghanistan
Water shortages leave Afghanistan dependent on food aid

Report

— Refugees International

Senior Advocate Larry Thompson and Director of Development Scott Schirmer recently completed a humanitarian assessment mission to Afghanistan.
"Water," the farmer in the Bamyan valley in Afghanistan said when asked what he needed. "More water." He pointed to uncultivated fields. "I don't have enough water to plant those fields." The same story was told us in the Shomali plains north of Kabul and in the rain-fed agricultural areas of northern Afghanistan.

The farmers' contention that water is

08 May 2004

Afghanistan
InterAction Member Activity Report: Afghanistan

Report

— InterAction

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Background Summary
Afghanistan remains mired in a prolonged humanitarian crisis as it begins to emerge from more than 20 years of war. A decade of Soviet occupation followed by civil strife and the repressive Taliban regime left the country more deeply impoverished and without a functioning government, adequate infrastructure or essential social services. The situation was compounded following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 by the ensuing international military action. Many people sought refuge in neighboring countries, joining 3.7 million refugees that had

31 Jan 2004

Afghanistan
Reference map of Afghanistan

Map

— UN Cartographic Section

29 Jan 2004

Afghanistan
Afghanistan: A way of life ending

Report

— Institute for War and Peace Reporting

The new constitution includes provisions to help the country's nomads devastated by conflict and drought.
By Wahidullah Amani in Kabul (ARR No. 103, 29-Jan-04)

Chaman Gul Kuchi thinks that the time has come to give up the nomadiclife he and his forebears have followed for generations.

"Our ancestors didn't know any better. They roamed the desert and spent all their money on animals which would die," said the 60-year old, who now lives, along with 40 other families, in a cluster of mud huts in west Kabul.

"We do not want to buy animals anymore,

01 Jan 2004

Afghanistan
Afghanistan Appeal No. 01.55/2004

Report

— IFRC

The International Federation's mission is to improve the lives of vulnerable people by mobilising the power of humanity. The Federation is the world's largest humanitarian organisation, and its millions of volunteers are active in over 180 countries. All international assistance to support vulnerable communities seeks to adhere to the Code of Conduct and the Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response, according to the SPHERE Project.

31 Dec 2003

Afghanistan
Afghanistan Weekly Situation Report 18 - 31 Dec 2003

Report

— World Food Programme

I. SITUATION UPDATE
In the north, heavy weapons withdrawal continues with more than 400 weapons collected so far. UN operations in Sangcharak district in Saripul province remain suspended. In the northeast, due to heavy snow and ice on the runway, airports in Kunduz and Fayz Abad were closed.

In the east, UN missions to Nangarhar, Kunar, Laghman and Nuristan provinces remained suspended.

29 Dec 2003

Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Delegates consider draft version of national constitution

Report

— UN News Service

In another step towards democracy, delegates to Afghanistan's representative assembly today received a revised draft of the constitution, according to the United Nations Assistance Mission in the country (UNAMA).
The text, which has been the subject of broad public consultations involving tens of thousands of Afghan citizens including a significant number of women, was circulated during this morning's plenary session of the Constitutional Loya Jirga, a meeting in Kabul of delegates from across Afghanistan.

The basic draft constitution would establish

24 Dec 2003

Afghanistan
Grant aid to UNICEF for the project for infectious diseases prevention for children in Afghanistan

Report

— Government of Japan

With the objective of contributing to the implementation of the project for Infectious Disease Prevention for Children in Afghanistan, the Government of Japan decided to provide 540 million yen in grant aid to UNICEF and on December 18, 2003, an exchange of notes took place in Kabul, between Mr. Kinichi Komano, Ambassador to Afghanistan on the Japanese side, and Dr. Sharad Sapra, the representative of the UNICEF Office in Afghanistan.

In Afghanistan the infant mortality rate is incredibly high, with one in four children dying before they reach the

10 Dec 2003

Afghanistan
WV grows in western Afghanistan

Report

— World Vision

With the cold of the approaching winter threatening vulnerable Afghans, a number of humanitarian organisations are reducing their staff, or pulling out of western Afghanistan due to a lack of funding. While some have already departed, others have announced plans to depart before the new year.
At the same time, WV Afghanistan is undergoing major growth in its programming. With a US$9.6 million Food for Education grant getting under way, a large number of national staff are being hired, with a smaller number of expatriate staffers arriving

10 Dec 2003

Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Focus on rights abuses in Baghlan Province

Report

— IRIN

POL-E KHOMRI, 10 December (IRIN) - Mohammad Amin had to knock on many official doors during his struggle to regain his farmland after it was confiscated by a local commander in his village of Kaylahgay in the northeastern Baghlan Province. "After several months of endeavour, I had to stop trying to get my land back, when the final person I was referred to was the commander who took my land in the first place," the 40-year-old farmer told IRIN in Pol-e Khomri, the capital of Baghlan Province.
Amin said he was one of tens of people

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05 Dec 2003

Afghanistan + 2 others
Despite significant gains, Afghanistan remains fragile, continues to require international support, UN GA told

Report

— UN General Assembly

GA/10215
Fifty-eighth General Assembly
Plenary
69th Meeting (AM & PM)

The General Assembly today called on all Afghan groups to respect the authority of and support the Transitional Administration, and called on donors to respect their commitments made at the Tokyo International Conference on Reconstruction Assistance to Afghanistan, as it discussed the situation in that country and adopted, without a vote, a related resolution

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