Informes

Highlights: • ACAP III began assessing victims of the 24 August attack on the American University of Afghanistan that killed 13 and wounded over 30 people. • 50 immediate assistance distribution events were held in various parts of…

Introduction The Afghanistan Protection Cluster outlined its operational plan for the year 2016 in the Humanitarian Response Plan. This plan underwent a validation in July, with a revised APC Strategic Focus - July - December 2016. The rapidly…

I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 68/11 and Security Council resolution 2274 (2016), in which I was requested to report every three months on developments in Afghanistan. 2. The report provides…

Highlights: • Received 182 incident reports from across the country, of which 66% were assessed within 15 days of the incident and 50% received immediate assistance packages within 21 days. • 182 families received immediate assistance packages from…

Abdul Hakim carries fragmentation in his shoulder and leg from a Russian mine which wounded him while he was fighting as a young mujahid in 1987 in the hills near Mazar-e-Sharif, but that doesn’t slow him…

OVERVIEW Over 101,000 undocumented refugees are estimated to have returned from Pakistan in 2016, and the rate of returns increased significantly in July and the first two weeks of August. Most are returning to Nangarhar, where conflict…

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan State Ministry for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs Directorate of Mine Action Coordination Mine Action Programme of Afghanistan Overview Afghanistan has the oldest of the internationally supported humanitarian mine action programmes in the world. It was one…

"The longer these minefields last, the higher the human cost" Uncleared minefields deter investment, hinder economic recovery International funding for landmine clearance decreasing Conflict makes clearance operations more difficult Landmines and bombs take biggest toll on children Graphic of landmines and…

Afghanistan: Record level of civilian casualties sustained in first half of 2016 — UN report KABUL, 25 July 2016 - A UN report on Afghanistan published Monday shows a record number of civilian casualties since counting began…

ISAF/NATO Firing Ranges: In addition to the above, survey and clearance are still required on 60 firing ranges belonging to the ISAF/NATO troop contributing nations with an area of 166 sq km. From December 2012 to…