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The food security outlook in Kandahar is expected to be stable through winter Key Messages • FEWS Net has not found evidence that emergency food assistance will be required in Kandahar over the next 6 months. • Food security…
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This document provides a weekly overview of developments in Afghanistan from 20—26 September 2011, with hyper-links to source material highlighted in blue and underlined in the text. For more information on the topics below or other…
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General Assembly Sixty-sixth session Agenda item 38 The situation in Afghanistan Security Council Sixty-sixth year I. Introduction The present report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 65/8 and Security Council resolution 1974 (2011), in which the Council requested the Secretary-General to report…
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Key Points Though the number of attacks decreased during the holy month of Ramadan, on-going insecurity limited UN and humanitarian movements on 42 per cent of working days. Violent conflict renders more than 472,000 Afghans displaced, with 147,661…
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KABUL, 21 September 2011 (IRIN) - The current dry spell sweeping across Afghanistan's northern, northeastern and western provinces could lead to a large-scale food crisis and the humanitarian community should act quickly to ensure this does…
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Nearly 3 million people across Afghanistan are facing severe food shortages as a result of drought, Oxfam warned today (20 September 2011) as it called on donor governments to act now before the crisis becomes a…
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The government of Afghanistan plans to provide food assistance in 14 provinces in northern Afghanistan Key Messages • The combination of Afghan government and USAID assistance for northwestern Afghanistan are likely to improve food security conditions…
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Statement on the drought in Afghanistan produced by a group of NGOs, including Afghanaid. Statement released 31 August 2011. Limited rain and snow fall in 2010/2011 has resulted in drought conditions across Afghanistan’s north, north-east and west. This…
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Executive Summary This paper seeks to explore what factors have driven recent reductions in poppy cultivation in Helmand and how sustainable they are. It finds that while household concerns about food security because of high wheat prices…
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Asia forecast to drive new world paddy production record FAO is forecasting that rice paddy production will grow by 2.5 percent in Asia during 2011, and will be the driving force behind a new record high in…
