Afghanistan: Avalanches, Floods and Landslides - Feb 2015 Updates

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is one of Earth’s most important climatic phenomena. ENSO, which refers to interactions between the ocean and atmosphere in the Equatorial...

HIGHLIGHTS Humanitarian access remains a significant challenge countrywide Natural disasters affect fewer people in 2016 than in 2015 Donors contribute 29 percent of funding requested in 2016 HRP KEY...

Ongoing conflict and frequent natural disasters continue to displace populations and generate significant humanitarian needs throughout Afghanistan. The UN estimates that natural disasters, such as...

HIGHLIGHTS Civilian deaths in Afghanistan in 2015 surpass previous record UNAMA documents increasing attacks on health facilities and personnel Increased precipitation in March signals an improved...

Notes: Natural disaster events include avalanches, extreme winter conditions, flooding, heavy rainfall, landslides & mudflows, and heavy snowfall as recorded by OCHA field offices and IOM Afghanistan...

Key messages The European Union's current humanitarian actions in Pakistan focus on several separate but interrelated crises: Support for people affected by the conflict in the northwest, where over...

Total affected population: 8.1 million Total affected children (under 18): 4.6 million Total people to be reached in 2016: 1.8 million Total children to be reached in 2016: 944,000 2016 programme...

SITUATION With a population of almost 200 million, Pakistan faces a multitude of interlinked challenges: Complex Emergency Estimation of 1 161 248 people still in displacement due to military...

SITUATION OVERVIEW The conflict in Afghanistan continues to intensify, with notable escalations in violence seen throughout the North, South and East Regions; Faryab, Helmand, Kunduz and Nangarhar...

HIGHLIGHTS Earthquake affects 134,000 people; USAID partners lead response Humanitarian need increases significantly due to conflict and natural disaster IDPs exceed 1 million KEY DEVELOPMENTS A...

Key outcomes for the Worst Affected Areas Ghor Province: Pre-Harvest 2015 FCS: 75.9% borderline and poor HHS: 27% moderate and severer CS: 9.6 Post - Harvest 2013 FCS: 53% borderline and poor HHS:...

Crisis Overview On 26 October, at 9:09 UTC time, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck northeast Afghanistan, north Pakistan and some areas of Indian-controlled Kashmir. The earthquake occurred at a...

Uruzgan, Oct 2015 – The village of Qadam Shahli is split right down the middle by a river. For years, the only way people from one side could visit family members living on the other was via a little...

HIGHLIGHTS Taliban seizes control of Kunduz, exacerbating insecurity Ongoing attacks on civilians and aid workers hinder humanitarian access Numbers of IDPs, returnees, and food- insecure households...

Crisis Overview On 28 September, the Taliban launched a major offensive in the northeast, focusing on Kunduz city, the capital of Kunduz province. On 4 October, Taliban forces also attacked Maimana,...

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I. Introduction The present report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 68/11 and Security Council resolution 2210 (2015), in which I was requested to report every three months on...

Bangladesh: 1.5 million people are affected by flooding, which has displaced around 320,000 people in the areas of Cox's Bazar, Chittagong, and Bandarban. Shelter, WASH and food security are key...

Issue 32 of the Afghanistan Research Newsletter is now available on the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit’s (AREU) website. Newsletter 32 is the second issue published since the quarterly...

The weekly Global Overview aggregates information from a range of sources and provides the latest updates on and a ranking of current humanitarian crises.