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Afghanistan - Kandahar: Conflict Affected IDPs Assessment in Kandahar District - 5 Jan 21

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2. Context

During the last two months (Oct & Dec-2020), there were reports of conflicts between ANSFs and AOG in Helmand (Nawa, Nad Ali,Nahr-e-Seraj districts), Kandahar (Arghandab, Panjwayee, Zheray, Maiwand districts) Urozgan (Dehrawod, Gizab districts) Farah (Anardara districet) Badgh (Murghab 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 218 HHs have been displaced due to conflicts and fights from unsecure areas of Helmand (Nawa, Nad Ali,Nahr-e-Seraj districts), Kandahar (Arghandab, Panjwayee, Zheray, Maiwand districts)
Urozgan (Dehrawod,Gizab districts) Farah (Anardara districet) Badgh (Murghab district)) 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 24 Dec 2020, 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 27 Dec 2020 and finished on 31 Dec 2020. WASH re-assessment was completed on 05 Jan 2021. Among those 218 HHs, 140 HHs (150 Families) were found eligible for assistance.