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Moderate to heavy monsoon rains started in the last weeks of June and early July, particularly in the northeastern parts of Punjab and Kashmir; however, in the last dekad of July torrential rains fell in Potohar, the North-West Frontier…

Following the coldest winter in decades, DPR Korea was affected by a prolonged severe drought during spring this year. Subsequently, in late July and early August, a combination of heavy rainfall and lack of adequate drainage system resulted in…

Harvesting of the 2001 wheat crop, virtually the only cereal produced in the country, planted under poor weather conditions in April/May has started. Production is forecast at a slightly below-average 190 000 tonnes, close to the output in year…

(In July, Refugee Reports staff writer Hiram A. Ruiz completed his second site visit to Pakistan this year. He visited recently arrived refugees, "long-term" refugees in camps, and urban refugees living in Peshawar and Islamabad. He…

An estimated 82,000 Afghans have been forcibly repatriated from Iran so far in 2001, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). "We have certainly raised our concerns," Peter Kessler, UNHCR spokesman in neighboring Pakistan said in an…

By Mark Hetfield (Mark Hetfield, Director of International Operations for the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, visited Pakistan in March. He contributed this article.) Approximately 200,000 Afghans have entered Pakistan since late 2000. The recent arrivals are vulnerable largely because Pakistan feels that…

1. OVERVIEWBASIC DATA SHEET Name of Project Afghanistan Drought Relief Programme Location(s) of Project Kajaki & Musa Qala Districts of Helmand Province, Southern Afghanistan Project Activities Food-for-Asset Creation (FoodAC) - rehabilitation of underground water channels in return for food packs Project Budget US$ 115,000 Beneficiaries 1000…

Mission Highlights Prolonged and progressively extending drought in parts of Pakistan has decimated livestock, and severely affected fruit and rainfed cereal production. Balochistan, parts of Sindh and Cholistan in Punjab, in their third consecutive year of drought, have…

Record response time Earthquake in Peru - first use of new primary urgency procedure The European Commission, through its Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO), responded quickly to the overnight news of the earthquake that shook southern Peru on 23 June. Following contacts with…

Through its assessment of gender issues in six post-conflict societies, this report aims to generate a body of empirical knowledge to inform the policy and programs of USAID and other international donor agencies in order to improve the performance…