Assessments

Context Overview Kapisa Province is located in eastern Afghanistan, on the Afghanistan - Pakistan border. Kapisa is bordered by Panjshir in the north, Laghman in the east, Kabul in the south, and Parwan in the west. The…

Context Overview The province of Herat has a population of approximately 2,141,000. The main ethnic groups in the province are Pashtuns, Tajiks and Hazaras. It is located in the west of Afghanistan and is divided in 20…

Context Overview The province of Ghazni has a population of approximately 1,363,000. The main ethnic groups in Ghazni are Pashtuns, Hazara and Tajiks. The province is located in the south-east of Afghanistan, bordering Bamyan, Wardak, Logar, Paktya,…

Context Overview The province of Farah has approximately 563 000 inhabitants. Most of its inhabitants are Pashtuns. It is located in the western part of Afghanistan. It borders Herat, Ghor, Helmand and Nimroz, and shares an international…

1. REPORT SUMMARY Protection Monitoring demonstrates that at the close of Q1 2021 the long-documented risks facing the Afghan people persist. Many of these protection concerns are the direct result of armed conflict (including civilian deaths and…

BACKGROUND AND TRIGGER FOR ASSESSMENT DRC conducted a Rapid Protection Assessment (RPA) on 10 February 2021 after receiving an alert from the Department of Refugees and Repatriation (DoRR) in the Operational Coordination Team meeting on 9 February…

Around 133 families have displaced to Nili city center of Daikundi province resulting from the conflict in Tamazan area of Pato, Gizab districts of Daikundi province and Jaghuri district of Ghazni province and from some families…

Context and Background Continued instability has resulted in increasing difficulty of access to many districts in Afghanistan, resulting in a number of districts being classified as ‘Hard-to-reach’ (HTR). In addition to sustained levels of conflict in a number…

Context and Background The Government of Afghanistan continues to struggle to obtain full control over its national territory, with the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) considering some 45 districts of Afghanistan as fully or partially…

Context and Background The Government of Afghanistan continues to struggle to obtain full control over its national territory, with the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) considering some 45 districts of Afghanistan as fully or partially…