Reports

Key Messages Assistance needs remain due to widespread conflict and poor staple production in some rainfed areas Insecurity and conflict, which have increased in recent years and have remained widespread in 2017, continue to threaten lives and livelihoods…

Wheat is the staple food for most Afghans, comprising more than 70 percent of their diet. Low-quality rice is a poor, but sometimes necessary, substitute. All markets represent significant population centers and consumer markets. Kabul, the…

Full title of the project: Strengthen Food Security and Agriculture Cluster coordination for effective humanitarian response in Afghanistan Target areas: Afghanistan Recipient: Afghanistan Donor: United States of America Contribution: USD 550 000 Project code: OSRO/AFG/602/USA Objective: To increase the relevancy and efficiency of food security…

HIGHLIGHTS • Conflict-induced displacement in 2017 decreased 25 percent compared to the same period in 2016 • UNAMA reports record-high numbers of child casualties • Health and nutrition remain key concerns among relief actors KEY DEVELOPMENTS • Intensified armed…

KEY MESSAGES Conflict has continued to drive a high number of displacements, with nearly 150,000 people newly displaced in 2017. Conflict throughout most provinces of the country has also disrupted normal livelihoods patterns and marketing activities in…

HIGHLIGHTS: Wheat: The current average wheat price in main cities’ markets of Afghanistan (AFN 23.8/Kg) is slightly lower by 1.3% compared to the same time last year (June 2016), but slightly higher by 8.3% compared to the…

Highlights UN Secretary-General António Guterres met with displaced families in Kabul. Humanitarian organizations provide trauma care that is not funded by the public system. Darzab District Hospital damaged in an airstrike on the first day of fighting. Families returning from…

Key Findings Access in Darz Ab district has been severely constrained for the past few weeks, mainly due to insecurity and conflict. As a result, many households are displaced to the neighbouring districts- Sayad district of Saripul,…

Wheat is the staple food for most Afghans, comprising more than 70 percent of their diet. Low-quality rice is a poor, but sometimes necessary, substitute. All markets represent significant population centers and consumer markets. Kabul, the…

I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 68/11 and Security Council resolution 2344 (2017), in which I was requested to report every three months on developments in Afghanistan. 2. The report provides…