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Afghanistan - Kandahar: Conflict Affected IDPs Assessment in Kandahar District - 25 Jan 21

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2. Context

During the last two months (Nov-2020 to Jan-2021), there were reports of battles and conflicts between ANSFs an AOG in Farah (Gulistan district), Helmand (Kajaki, Musa Qala, Nad Ali, Nahr-e-Siraj district), Kandahar (Arghandab, Dand, Maiwand, Panjwayee, Reg, Takhta Pool, Zheray districts), Uruzga (Dehrawod district) provinces. As a result of these conflicts, many civilians left their houses and displaced to secure areas of Kandahar city of Kandahar province, which are in need of emergency assistance now.

DORR reported that around 376 HHs have been displaced due to conflicts and fights from unsecure areas of the above mentioned provinces and settled in secure areas of Kandahar city, they are in need of humanitarian assistance.

The alert of displacement was sent through a letter by DORR to OCHA on 14 Jan 2021, after verification of clashes and fights which caused displacement, OCHA circulated the email amongst humanitarian agencies afterwards.
The assessment was started under the leading of DRC which is the leading agency in Kandahar for Joint Needs Assessment it was started 17 Jan 2021 and finished on 21 Jan 2021.WASH re-assessment was completed on 25 Jan 2021. Among those 376 HHs, 231 HHs (238 IDP Families) were found eligible for assistance.