Reports

SUMMARY Ongoing conflict within Afghanistan has continued to result in widespread displacement, with more than 318,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) recorded in the country since 1 January 2017.1 Moreover, at least 260,000 Afghans have been forced from…

SC/13192 Security Council 8173rd Meeting (AM) A ministerial debate on building regional partnership in Afghanistan and Central Asia was among the signature events of a January packed with meetings and discussions, Security Council President Kairat Umarov (Kazakhstan) told members…

USIP Expert Andrew Wilder In Afghanistan, a string of attacks has killed more than 130 people and wounded more than 300 in just over a week. Targets included a busy downtown block near a government hospital, an…

Huge numbers of people are returning to Afghanistan – more than two million since 2015 – while the country is still highly fragile, with ongoing fighting and internal displacement in many areas and high levels of…

Last month the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) granted Health Works more than 1 million dollar for the provision of life-saving services in Afghanistan. Health Works will provide life-saving primary health…

Today, the European Commission announced humanitarian assistance of €37.5 million to help people affected by conflict and natural disasters in Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan. "The assistance we are announcing today will reach those affected by the ongoing…

Fighting between Afghan government and Taliban forces intensified through 2017, causing high numbers of civilian casualties. Principally in Nangarhar province, government forces also battled the Islamic State of Khorason Province (ISKP), the Afghan branch of the…

Afghanistan Conflict continues to drive humanitarian needs across Afghanistan. In 2017, some 295,000 people were internally displaced inside the country, and more than 482,000 people returned to Afghanistan from Iran (336,000) and Pakistan (146,000), many of whom…

Countrywide Conflict Displacement More than 17,000 displaced people have been recorded in OCHA’s Displacement Tracking System (DTS) during the past week, some of whom have been displaced at the end of 2017. Central Region: Military operations in Logar…

Highlights 400 undocumented Afghans returned from Pakistan 9,239 undocumented Afghans returned from Iran 1,573 total returns from Pakistan since 01 Jan 2018 39,649 total returns from Iran since 01 Jan 2018 91% of returnees from Pakistan (363 individuals) assisted 4% of returnees…