Afghanistan
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COVID-19 in Afghanistan
Key Content
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UNHCR Regional Bureau for Asia and Pacific (RBAP): Flash External Update: Afghanistan Situation #8 (01-15 October 2021)
HIGHLIGHTS UNHCR’s emergency response in Afghanistan has been scaled up across the country. Over the last two weeks, UNHCR has assisted people with emergency shelters, blankets, solar panels, and...
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Adding salt to the wound: The experience of MSF frontline workers providing impartial healthcare in counter-terrorism environments
Monday, October 18, 2021 — Twenty years after the start of the so called ‘global War on Terror’ in the wake of 9/11, the medical humanitarian organisation Médecins sans Frontières / Doctors without...
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IOM Afghanistan Situation Report #9, 7-13 October 2021
Situation Overview The Spin Boldak (Chaman) border crossing point between Afghanistan and Pakistan in Kandahar, which was closed on 5 October, remains closed. All other border crossings operated as...
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House-to-house polio vaccination set to recommence across Afghanistan in November [EN/AR]
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Situation Analysis on the Effects of and Responses to COVID-19 on the Education Sector in Asia: Regional Synthesis Report
UN and humanitarian partners scale up life-saving response to crisis in Afghanistan and call on all donors to urgently turn pledges into reality
Hungry and shivering, Kabul displaced brace for bleak winter
UNICEF medical supplies arrive in Kabul to treat rising cases of acute watery diarrhoea in Afghanistan
Key Figures
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People in Need 18,400,000 31% increase since 8 Jun 2020
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People Targeted for Assistance 15,700,000 41% increase since 8 Jun 2020
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Children in Need 9,700,000 31% increase since 14 Dec 2020
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People in Food Crisis/Emergency (IPC phase 3+) 10,938,000 2% decrease since 8 Nov 2020
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Undocumented Afghan Returnees from Iran (per year) 858,956 14% increase since 19 Aug 2021
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Undocumented Afghan Returnees from Pakistan (per year) 7,933 13% increase since 19 Aug 2021
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Conflict-Induced Displacements (per year) 634,800 16% increase since 31 Jul 2021
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Returnees from Iran (per year) 797,000 20% increase since 31 Jul 2021
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Returnees from Pakistan (per year) 7,800 3% increase since 31 Jul 2021
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Civilians Killed and Injured (per year) 5,183 191% increase since 31 Mar 2021
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Civilians Killed (per year) 1,659 190% increase since 31 Mar 2021
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Civilians Injured (per year) 3,524 191% increase since 31 Mar 2021
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KKA Incidents (Killed, Kidnapped and Arrested) against Aid Workers (per year) 5 44% decrease since 31 Dec 2020
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Aid Workers affected by KKA Incidents (Killed, Kidnapped and Arrested per year) 20 29% decrease since 29 Jun 2021
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Aid Workers Killed (per year) 19 90% increase since 29 Jun 2021
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Aid Workers Kidnapped (per year) 1 91% decrease since 31 Dec 2020
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New Displacements by Conflict & Violence (per year) 404,000 12% decrease since 31 Dec 2019
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New Displacements by Disasters (per year) 46,000 61% decrease since 31 Dec 2019
Appeals and Response Plans
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Afghanistan Flash Appeal: Immediate Humanitarian Response Gaps, September - December 2021
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IOM Comprehensive Action Plan for Afghanistan and Neighbouring Countries
WHO Afghanistan Emergency Plan: Meeting the health needs of Afghanistan’s crisis-affected populations, September – December 2021
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Afghanistan Situation: Regional Refugee Preparedness and Response Plan - Summary and Inter-agency Funding Requirements (July - December 2021)
Afghanistan Joint Winterization Plan Nov 2021 - Feb 2022: Planned Response to Winterization
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Afghanistan Humanitarian Needs Overview 2021 (December 2020)
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Afghanistan Humanitarian Response Plan 2018-2021 (January 2021 revision)
Humanitarian Action for Children 2021 - Afghanistan, Revision 1 (August 2021)
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Afghanistan Multi-year Protection and Solutions Strategy (2019-2021)
