nlp-thedeep/humsetbias huggingface dataset:
Cooking Oil: The average price increased by 2.1% compared to the to third week of November, but remained 35% higher than 14 March. The increase occurred in: Takhar and Farah ( 12% ) , Baghlan and Kunduz  ( 10% ) , Nimroz  ( 7% ) , Kunar and Ghor  ( 6% ) , Faryab ( 5% ) , Nangarhar  ( 4% ) , Badghis and Zabul  ( 3% ) , Balkh ( 2% )  and Hirat  ( 1% ) . The main reasons for the increase were temporary supply shortage and high demand. Meanwhile prices decreased in: Kandahar and Hilmand  ( 2% ) , due to sustained supply.
Interagency assessment teams identified 16,814 people to receive immediate humanitarian assistance.
Assessment teams identified 154 people displaced by conflict in Takhar and Kunduz provinces to receive humanitarian assistance in the coming days.
Humanitarian assistance reached approximately 1,820 people affected by conflict in Baghlan and Kunduz provinces.
Between 7 and 11 March, 1,634 IDPs were identified by interagency assessment teams to receive humanitarian aid in the coming days in Kandahar and Hilmand provinces.
Tomato: The average price increased by 9.5% compared to third week of November. The increase occurred in: Farah  ( 60% ) , Takhar  ( 46% ) , Samangan  ( 43% ) , Hirat  ( 33% ) , Badakhshan  ( 30% ) , Urozgan  ( 29% ) , Baghlan and Faryab  ( 25% ) , Balkh, Jawzjan, Kunduz and Sari Pul ( 20% ) , Zabul  ( 14% )  and Ghor  ( 9% ) . The main reasons for the increase were supply shortfalls. Meanwhile prices decreased only in Nimroz  ( 20% )  and Nangarhar  ( 16% ) , due to more availability in the market. Prices did not change in other provinces of the country.
Fertilizer  ( UREA ) : The average price increased by 0.1% compared to the third week of November. Prices increased only in Urozgan  ( 4% )  , due to increased demand and sustained supply. Prices were highest in Nuristan, followed by Daykundi and Ghor  ( AFN 1,500, 1,383 and 1,350 per 50 kg bag, respectively ) , due to remoteness and high transportation costs. Prices were lowest in Logar, Hilmand and Kandahar  ( AFN 793, 950 and 1,050 per 50 kg bag, respectively ) .
Wheat Flour  ( High Price ) : The average price increased by 0.3% compared to the third week of November, and was still 11% higher than 14 March. The increase occurred in: Paktika, Wardak, Badghis and Ghor  ( 3% ) , mainly due to a temporary supply shortfall and daily price fluctuations. Meanwhile prices decreased only in Kandahar  ( 3% ) , due to sustained supply. The highest prices were in Badakhshan, Nuristan, Kandahar, and Urozgan  ( 43, 40, 39, 39 AFN per kg, respectively ) . The lowest prices were in Hirat, Logar, Paktya and Bamyan  ( 31, 32, 33 and 33 AFN per kg, respectively ) .
Fertilizer  ( UREA ) : The average price increased by 0.3% compared to the fourth week of November. Prices increased in Hilmand and Kandahar  ( 5% )  and Kunar  ( 4% )  , due to increased demand . Meanwhile prices decreased in Urozgan  ( 4% ) , due to sustained supply. Prices were highest in Nuristan, followed by Daykundi and Ghor  ( AFN 1,500, 1,383 and 1,350 per 50 kg bag, respectively ) , due to remoteness and high transportation costs. Prices were lowest in Logar, Hilmand and Takhar  ( AFN 793, 1,000 and 1,067 per 50 kg bag, respectively ) .
Cooking Oil: The average price increased by 2.1% compared to the to third week of November, but remained 36% higher than 14 March. The increase occurred in: Hirat  ( 12% ) , Badakhshan  ( 8% ) , Farah, Faryab and Samangan  ( 5% ) , Kunar  ( 4% ) , Urozgan and Balkh  ( 2% ) . The main reasons for the increase were temporary supply shortage and high demand. Meanwhile prices decreased in: Zabul  ( 4% ) , Kandahar and Hilmand  ( 1% ) , due to sustained supply.
The monitoring of humanitarian activities by GOA officials also created challenges for partners, with GOA members sometimes unable to travel to NSAG TB controlled areas but refusing to sign off on activities without a monitoring visit.
Tomato: The average price increased by 1.8% compared to fourth week of November. The increase occurred in: Urozgan ( 49% ) , Faryab and Samangan  ( 20% ) , Ghor ( 17% ) , Balkh and Takhar  ( 8% ) . The main reasons for the increase were supply shortfalls. Meanwhile prices decreased in Kandahar  ( 38% ) , Nangarhar and Nimroz  ( 38% )  , due to more availability in the market. Prices did not change in other provinces of the country.
The Watershed project provided short term work for 222 vulnerable people in the villages of Talkh, Tangi Yaqub, and Faizabad in Dara e Suf e Payin district.
Close to 400,000 people were internally displaced by conflict in 2020 alone. Some are able to move in with relatives, but most have to make do in ramshackle shelters or tents in informal settlements or cramped and unaffordable rental accommodation that often lacks running water and toilets.
Potato: The average price decreased by 0.1% compared to the fourth week of November. The decrease occurred in: Badghis  ( 25% ) , Nangarhar  ( 23% ) , Zabul ( 17% ) , Hilmand and Kandahar  ( 10% ) , Takhar and Nimroz  ( 5% ) , due to sustained supply to the market. Meanwhile prices increased in Ghor ( 25% ) , Sari Pul and Jawzjan  ( 20% ) , Badakhshan and Urozgan ( 15% ) . The main reasons for the increase was supply shortfalls. There was no change in the price of potato in the rest of the provinces.
83% of the respondents in February 2021 confirmed that they own a Tazkira  ( 88% of male respondents and 72% of female respondents ) .
Refugee returnees receive, upon arrival, a multi purpose cash grant  ( an average of USD 250 per person )  and other services such as basic health care, malnutrition screening and vaccination, mine risk awareness, information on school enrolment and overnight accommodation.
The nominal retail price of rice in Mazar e sharif was was constant from September 2020 to January 2021.
The nominal retail price of cooking oil in Kabul was maximum inJanurary 2021 and was minimum in September 2020.
The nominal retail price of rice in Kandahar was maximum in September 2020 to November 2020 and is minimum in January 2021.
The nominal retail price of rice in Kabul was maximum in October 2020 and was minimum in September 2020
The nominal retail price of wheat grain in Faizabad is maximum in January 2021 and was minimum in September 2020.
In late 2020 alone, 6,423 people received direct services from the UNFPA (  United Nations Population Fund ) 's supported Mobile Health Teams.
Interviewed returnees from Pakistan were travelling to 34 provinces, with the majority  ( 85% )  intending to return to Kandahar, Nangarhar, Kabul, Helmand, Ghazni, Zabul, Herat, Kunduz, Uruzgan, and Laghman provinces.
The per centage of those respondents who cited conflict as the main reason for leaving Afghanistan  ( 24% )  has increased compared to January  ( 19% ) . Similarly, in 2020, this figure was 15% among the total sample size  ( 40,861 interviews with returnees and deportees from Iran ) .
Cumulatively since the beginning of 2021, UNHCR assisted the return of 308 Afghan refugees from Iran  ( 245 ) , Pakistan  ( 59 )  and other countries  ( 4 )  under its facilitated voluntary repatriation programme. The figure is 44% higher compared to 2020 figures at the same period when 214 refugees returned.
Ensure support for organisations that provide services to hard to reach, remote and/ or vulnerable populations, particularly women and girls who face multiple forms of discrimination.
157 out of 211 containers with vegetable oil and wheat soya blend  ( WSB )  from WFP arrived in country in October, following almost six months of delays at Karachi port, Pakistan, due to reduced capacities and administrative bottlenecks caused by COVID 19.
Almost 8 per cent of the total confirmed COVID 19 cases are among healthcare staff and they are currently the highest priority for vaccination. There is urgent need to ensure continued distribution of medical and protective equipment to all corners of the country.
To support the vaccination campaign, UNICEF has developed and printed registration  ( vaccine card, recording and reporting formats )  and communication material for some 1.5 million COVID 19 vaccine doses.
Fighting between Afghan National Security Forces  ( ANSF )  and a non state armed group  ( NSAG )  continued in Hilmand, Kandahar, Uruzgan and Zabul provinces.
In October, WFP reached 1,803,387 food insecure girls, boys, women and men in 33 of Afghanistan's 34 provinces.
Under its emergency response activities, WFP further assisted 367,878 seasonally food insecure people, 69,993 refugees from Pakistan, 52,465 internally displaced people  ( IDPs ) , 10,542 returnees from Iran and Pakistan and 3,416 people struck by natural disasters with in kind food rations or through CBT ( Cash Based Transfer ) .
In Uruzgan province, clashes between ANSF and an NSAG continued in Dehrawud districts.
Since the outbreak of COVID 19, roughly 30 per cent of IDPs stated that their usual water source ( s )  had been compromised, a figure higher than that for returnees or host communities. This may have prompted many to find new water collection points in order to avoid contagion. As a result, water collection times increased for many.
Takhar and Kunduz provinces. Also, 666 households  ( approximately 4,662 people )  received winterisation assistance in Kunduz province.
Among host communities, more women than men noted being affected by disruptions to public transit, a fact that is worrisome given that women are less likely to own their own vehicles
Humanitarian assistance reached 996 households  ( approximately 6,972 people )  affected by conflict in Badakhshan.
A total of 980 people displaced by conflict from different districts of Badghis and Farah provinces to provincial capitals within the last three months were assessed and identified to receive humanitarian assistance during the last week and humanitarian partners initiated the response.
RDRTs with a profile of Cash logistics and PMER was deployed subject to needs, to support technically to NS.
During the extension time period of operation, IFRC continued with the technical support to ARCS through its staff from CO with Health/Livelihoods/CVA/PMER and Surge Operations Support.
Provision of health services to affected people through the existing mobile health teams in five provinces.
Distribution of multipurpose cash grants to households.
Emergency shelter and household items assistance to support access to safer living conditions during the initial stages of the emergency by the provision of a family tent, two tarpaulin sheets, seven blankets, two jerry cans and one kitchen set for each household, followed by provision of technical support and awareness.
through its principled mandate and presence in communities, ARCS has enjoyed continued acceptance over the past months. The National Society has been able to operate in all targeted provinces affected by drought and floods, including hard to reach areas
Second phase implemented from April to September 2020 in five provinces following latest assessments, targeting up to 209,467 people  ( male: 106,200 & female: 103,267 )  approximately  ( 29,924 households )  through the provision of livelihoods recovery initiatives through conditional cash, multipurpose cash grants, health care and strengthening the capacity of the National Society, whilst contributing to building longer term resilience in the affected communities. alongside de prioritization of these areas: WASH; DRR; PGI and Shelter.
Initial phase implemented from March 2019 to March 2020 and reached 12 provinces  ( 181,721 people )  through distribution of emergency shelter and essential household items; food and cash assistance; MHTs services and CBHFA activities as well as DRR activities.
The Danish Red Cross extends their support to the ARCS in psychosocial support  ( PSS )  together with ICRC, volunteers management and youth mobilization activities in Afghanistan
During the reporting period, 13,283 internally displaced persons  ( IDPs )  received humanitarian assistance including cash, food, relief items, tents, water, sanitation and hygiene supplies in Kandahar, Hilmand and Uruzgan provinces.
An additional 7,700 people were identified to receive winter assistance in Daykundi, Khost, Paktya provinces. Need assessments are ongoing for 23,800 vulnerable people who are in need of winter assistance in Bamyan, Parwan, Kapisa, Panjsher, Logar, Ghazni and Maidan Wardak provinces.
While risks have increased, the capacity of formal and informal child protection systems to respond have been limited.
The Government of Afghanistan and the UN are preparing for the rollout of a COVID 19 vaccine across the country, including the development of a National Vaccine Deployment Plan.
UNHCR has modified ongoing activities to ensure protection services can continue during the pandemic. Interventions for persons with specific needs and cash assistance programs for refugees have been modified to enable case assessment by phone.
According to the Directorate of Refugees and Repatriation  ( DoRR ) , 6,323 undocumented Afghans have returned from Pakistan since 01 January 2020. Over the past week 132 undocumented Afghans returned from Pakistan through the Torkham  ( 14 deportees )  and Spin Boldak  ( 111 returnees and 7 deportees )  borders.
In 2020, 529,655 patients have been served by IOM's Migration Health Unit in Nimroz, Helmand, Ghor, Herat, Kandahar and Nangarhar provinces with basic health care  outpatient consultations, maternal, child and neo natal health care, reproductive health, family planning and COVID 19 response.
IOM provided postarrival humanitarian assistance to 1,341  ( 8% )  undocumented Afghans at the IOM Transit Centers in Herat and Nimroz during the past week.
A total of 2,930 people affected by conflict were identified to receive humanitarian assistance in the coming days in Hilmand and Kandahar provinces.
Since 01 January, UNHCR assisted the return of 1,924 Afghan refugees from Pakistan  ( 1,006 ) , Iran  ( 843 )  and other countries  ( 75 )  including Tajikistan, India, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and the Russian Federation, under its facilitated voluntary repatriation programme. After a temporary suspension of voluntary repatriation between 04 March and 29 April due to COVID 19, UNHCR resumed its facilitated voluntary repatriation of Afghan refugees from Iran as of 30 April and from Pakistan and other countries as of 10 August.
77% of the refugees went to Iran in search of livelihoods opportunities, 13% due to conflict, 4% to visit family/relatives, 2%  ( mainly deportees )  to move to Turkey and onward to Europe, 1% due to drought, 1% for medical treatment, and 2% for other reasons;
Animal Feed  ( Concentrate ) : The average price increased by 0.4% compared to the second week of November. The increase occurred in Badghis  ( 10% )  and Balkh  ( 2% ) , due to increased demand and supply shortfalls. Prices where highest in Nangarhar, Badakhshan, Panjsher and Wardak  ( AFN 3,600, 3,572, 3,567 and 3,417 per 100 kg bag, respectively ) . Prices were lowest in Takhar, Kunduz, Kandahar and Baghlan  ( AFN 1,260, 1,800, 1,800 and 1,800 per 100 kg bag, respectively ) .
Potato: The average price increased by 1.3% compared to the second week of November. The increase occurred in: Nangarhar  ( 24% ) , Kandahar ( 22% ) , Daykundi  ( 15% )  and Nimroz ( 10% ) . The main reasons for the increase was supply shortfalls. Meanwhile prices decreased in Hirat  ( 14% )  and Zabul  ( 7% ) , due to sustained supply to the market. There was no change in the price of potato in the rest of the provinces.
A total of 2,352 people in protracted displacement, host communities and recent returnees from Iran received cash assistance and COVID 19 prevention information in Maymana city, Faryab province.
Assessment teams identified 343 households  ( approximately 2,401 people )  displaced by conflict in Baghlan, Badakhshan, Kunduz and Takhar provinces to receive humanitarian assistance in the coming days.
Fertilizer  ( UREA ) : The average price decreased by 0.1% compared to the second week of November. Prices decreased only in Badghis  ( 4% )  , due to decreased demand and sustained supply. Prices were highest in Nuristan, followed by Daykundi and Ghor  ( AFN 1,500, 1,383 and 1,350 per 50 kg bag, respectively ) , due to remoteness and high transportation costs. Prices were lowest in Logar, Hilmand and Kandahar  ( AFN 793, 950 and 1,050 per 50 kg bag, respectively ) .
Fertilizer  ( DAP ) : The average price increased by 0.3% compared to the second week of November. The increase occurred only in Paktya  ( 17%% ) , due to increased demand. Meanwhile prices decreased in Badghis  ( 4% )  and Urozgan ( 2% ) , due to improved supply. Prices were highest in Takhar followed by Urozgan, Paktya and Badakhshan  ( 3,050, 2,950, 2,917 and 2,900 per 50 kg, respectively ) , while prices were lowest in Nimroz, Parwan and Ghazni  ( AFN 2,000, 2,023 and 2,183 per 50 kg bag,
The 71% of the respondents who went to Iran, due to conflict in Afghanistan, were originally from 11 provinces: Herat, Faryab, Ghor, Takhar, Kunduz, Farah, Badghis, Ghazni, Balkh, Badakhshan and Baglan. The remaining 29% were from other 23 provinces
Pulses: The average price decreased by 0.6% compared to the second week of November but remained 21% higher than 14 March. Prices decreased in: Urozgan ( 11% ) , Nuristan  ( 5% ) , Badghis  ( 4% ) , Nimroz ( 2% ) , Kunar, Laghman, Zabul, Kandahar and Hilmand ( 1% ) . Prices decreased due to the reduced level of pulses being used as a result of the availability of locally produced vegetables. Meanwhile prices increased in: Jawzjan ( 6% ) , Balkh ( 3% )  and Badakhshan ( 1% ) , due to a temporary supply shortfall. Prices were highest in Hilmand, Nimroz, Kandahar, and Paktya  ( AFN 124, 115, 109, and 105 per kg, respectively ) , due to the use of high quality red beans. Prices were lowest in Takhar, Sari Pul and Kunar  ( AFN 64, 72 and 72 per kg, respectively ) .
Rice  ( High Quality ) : The average price decreased by 0.1% compared to the second week of November, and remained 8% higher than 14 March. The decrease occurred in: Urozgan ( 3% ) , Hilmand and Hirat  ( 1% ) , due to sustained supply and daily price fluctuations. Meanwhile the price increased in Paktika and Kandahar  ( 1% ) , due to daily price fluctuations. Prices where highest in Bamyan, Daykundi, Badakhshan and Panjsher  ( AFN 105, 100, 98 and 98 per kg, respectively ) , as all of them are most remote areas with high transportation cost. Meanwhile prices were lowest in Urozgan, Kandahar, Ghazni and Hirat  ( AFN 74, 75, 76 and 78 per kg, respectively ) .
Wheat Flour  ( High Price ) : The average price increased by 0.4% compared to the second week of November, and was still 11% higher than 14 March. The increase occurred in: Kandahar  ( 5% ) , Paktika, Balkh, Ghazni and Nimroz  ( 3% )  and Badakhshan  ( 1% ) , mainly due to a temporary supply shortfall and daily price fluctuations. Meanwhile prices decreased in Urozgan  ( 3% )  and Badghis  ( 1% ) , due to sustained supply. The highest prices were in Badakhshan, Kandahar, Nuristan and Urozgan  ( 43, 40, 40, 39 AFN per kg, respectively ) . The lowest prices were in Hirat, Logar, Paktya and Bamyan  ( 31, 32, 33 and 33 AFN per kg, respectively ) .
Wheat: The average price increased by 0.7% compared to the second week of November, and was 18% higher than 14 March. The increase occurred in: Nimroz and Badakhshan  ( 7% ) , Ghazni ( 6% ) , Faryab and Balkh ( 4% ) , Hilmand, Paktika and Hirat ( 3% ) , mainly due to supply disruptions to the market and usual price increase during this season. Meanwhile prices decreased in Kunar  ( 6% ) , Takhar and Laghman  ( 3% ) , due to sustained supply. The highest wheat prices were observed in Ghazni, Kandahar, Nuristan and Paktika ( 35, 35, 35, 35 AFN per kg, respectively ) . While the lowest prices were in Farah, Sari Pul, Samangan and Baghlan  ( 20, 25, 25 and 25 AFN per kg, respectively ) .
Interagency teams verified 1,757 people displaced by conflict to receive humanitarian assistance in Balkh, Faryab, Sar e Pul and Jawzjan provinces.
Interviewed returnees from Pakistan were travelling to 34 provinces, with the majority  ( 85% )  stated that they were intending to return to Kandahar, Nangarhar, Kabul, Helmand, Ghazni, Zabul, Kunduz, Uruzgan, Herat, and Maidan Wardak provinces.
To date, Afghanistan has received 968,000 doses of the vaccine – 468,000 from the COVAX facility and 500,000 directly from the government of India   enabling the vaccination of some 484,000 people.
Border monitoring activities conducted in 2020 reached a total of 55,522 returnees and deportees  ( 41,539 M and 13,983 F )  all interviewed by UNHCR partners as they entered Afghanistan from Iran at Islam Qala  ( 21,052 )  and Zaranj/Milak  ( 19,806 ) , and from Pakistan at Spin Boldak/Chaman  ( 10,588 )  and Torkham  ( 4,076 ) , including 41,345 single individuals and 14,177 heads of households who returned with their families
In response, partners have scaled up their capacity to respond via new approaches that are more suited to operations within this demanding environment.
( 29 November – 05 December 2020 ) Since 01 January, UNHCR assisted the return of 1,990 Afghan refugees from Pakistan  ( 1,042 ) , Iran  ( 868 )  and other countries  ( 80 )  including Tajikistan, India, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and the Russian Federation, under its facilitated voluntary repatriation programme.
( 29 November – 05 December 2020 ) 77% went to Iran in search of livelihoods opportunities, 14% due to conflict, 4% to visit family/relatives, 2%  ( mainly deportees )  to move to Turkey and onward to Europe, 1% for medical treatment, 1% due to drought, and 1% for other reasons;
Since 01 January 2020, the total number of undocumented returnees from Iran is 742,075 individuals. IOM provided post arrival humanitarian assistance to 1,313  ( 6% )  undocumented Afghans at the IOM Transit Centers in Herat and Nimroz during the past week. 2020 is now on track to become the largest ever return year on record for undocumented Afghan migrants.
( 08 14 Nov 2020 ) Under the Global Fund multicountry TB grant in partnership with UNDP, a total of 12,980 undocumented Afghans were screened for tuberculosis at the Zero Point Reception Centres of Herat, Nimroz, Kandahar and Nangarhar. Of the total screened, 265 presumptive TB cases were identified and samples lab tested through GeneXpert and normal microscopy in coordination with the National TB Control Programme. 3 persons were confirmed positive for TB.
( 08 14 Nov 2020 ) During the past week a total of 21,563 patients were served by IOM's 7 mobile health teams, inclusive of 3,358 outpatient consultations, health education sessions for 18,205 persons and psychosocial counselling sessions for 562 patients.
( 20 31 December 2020 ) Since 01 January 2020, the total number of undocumented returnees from Iran is 859,092 individuals. IOM provided post arrival humanitarian assistance to 807  ( 3% )  undocumented Afghans at the IOM Transit Centers in Herat and Nimroz during the past two week.
( 20 31 December 2020 ) During the past two weeks a total of 26,146 patients were served by IOM's 7 mobile health teams, inclusive of 6,765 outpatient consultations, health education sessions for 19,381 persons and psychosocial counselling sessions for 2,247 patients.
( 20 31 December 2020 ) Under the Global Fund multi country TB grant in partnership with UNDP, a total of 22,726 undocumented Afghans were screened for tuberculosis at the Zero Point Reception Centres in Herat, Nimroz, Kandahar and Nangarhar. Of the total screened, 632 presumptive TB cases were identified and samples lab tested, 16 persons were confirmed positive for TB.
( 22 28 Nov 2020 ) IOM provided postarrival humanitarian assistance to 990  ( 6% )  undocumented Afghans at the IOM Transit Centers in Herat and Nimroz during the past week.
( 22 28 Nov 2020 ) During the past week a total of 13,781 patients were served by IOM's 7 mobile health teams, inclusive of 2,693 outpatient consultations, health education sessions for 11,088 persons and psychosocial counselling sessions for 813 patients.
Interagency teams verified 2,191 people displaced by conflict to receive humanitarian assistance in Faryab province. 2,520 people affected by conflict received humanitarian assistance in Faryab province.
( 22 28 Nov 2020 )  IOM's Protection programme has supported 3,952 undocumented returnee households comprising at least one person with specific needs  ( PSN )  in 2020 through provision of timely information, facilitating safe and dignified access to services, and provision of assistance including cash to mitigate identified protection risks and avoid resorting to negative coping mechanisms when referrals pathways are exhausted.
( 22 28 Nov 2020 ) Under the Global Fund multi country TB grant in partnership with UNDP, a total of 10,110 undocumented Afghans were screened for tuberculosis at the Zero Point Reception Centres in Herat, Nimroz, Kandahar and Nangarhar. Of the total screened, 287 presumptive TB cases were identified and samples lab tested in coordination with the National TB Control Programme. 7 persons were confirmed positive for TB.
( 22 28 Nov 2020 ) In 2020, 502,661 patients have been reached by IOM's Migration Health Unit in Nimroz, Helmand, Ghor, Herat, Kandahar and Nangarhar provinces with basic health care services  outpatient consultations for general illnesses, maternal, child and neo natal health care, reproductive health, family planning services and COVID 19 response. Programming is supported by the United Kingdom's FCDO, the Governments of Japan, Canada, Germany, DG ECHO, the Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund and the United States' Bureau for Population, Refugees and Migration  ( BPRM ) .
( 15 21 Nov 2020 ) During the past week a total of 16,973 patients were served by IOM's 7 mobile health teams, inclusive of 3,722 outpatient consultations, health education sessions for 13,251 persons and psychosocial counselling sessions for 1,637 patients.
Between 22 and 24 November, 1,084 internally displaced persons  ( IDPs )  received humanitarian assistance including cash, food, relief items, tents, water, sanitation and hygiene supplies in Kandahar and Zabul provinces
( 15 21 Nov 2020 ) Under the Global Fund multicountry TB grant in partnership with UNDP, a total of 16,062 undocumented Afghans were screened for tuberculosis at the Zero Point Reception Centres of Herat, Nimroz, Kandahar and Nangarhar. Of the total screened, 299 presumptive TB cases were identified and samples lab tested through GeneXpert and normal microscopy in coordination with the National TB Control Programme. 3 persons were confirmed positive for TB.
( 15 21 Nov 2020 )  Since 01 January 2020, the total number of undocumented returnees from Iran is 767,230 individuals. IOM provided post arrival humanitarian assistance to 1,334  ( 5% )  undocumented Afghans at the IOM Transit Centers in Herat and Nimroz during the past week.
Meanwhile, the number of levy requests as well as access constraints stemming from kinetic activity doubled in 2020. Levies thereby continued to be one of the major challenges for humanitarian partners.
This week, 329 IDPs received humanitarian assistance in Kabul province and 6,125 IDPs will receive assistance in Gizab district of Uruzgan province on 17 November. Needs assessments are ongoing for 3,962 IDPs in Kapisa and Parwan provinces.
During the last two months of conflict, 258 families  ( 1,677 people )  were reportedly displaced people from Dar Abad village, Pushtrod, Bala Bulok and Qala Ka districts in Farah province according to local authorities
During the reporting period, 2,307 internally displaced persons  ( IDPs )  identified to receive humanitarian assistance in Hilmand, 373 IDPs in Nimroz and 1,122 IDPs in Kandahar provinces with further assessments ongoing in Kandahar, Uruzgan, Zabul and Hilmand provinces. The IDPs were assisted with tents, food, water, sanitation, hygiene supplies and multi purpose cash.
In Kandahar province, fighting was ongoing in Maywand, Zheray and Panjwayi districts. Several civilians' homes were reportedly damaged in Arghandab and Maywand districts due to armed clashes and vehicle borne improvised explosive devices ( VBIED ) .
A total of 7,070 returnees, IDPs and people from host communities were reached with humanitarian emergency outpatient health services and 7,680 children were vaccinated to protect against polio and measles.
In Hilmand province fighting that started on 11 October continued in Lashkargah city mainly in Nawa e Barakzaiy and Nahr e Saraj and Nad e Ali districts. The road connecting Lashkargah to Nawa e Barakzaiy, Lashkargah to Kandahar and Nawa e Barkzaiy, Nade e Ali and Nahr e Saraj remained closed due to the presence of illegal checkpoints and Improvised Explosive Devices  ( IEDs ) , and damage to culverts.
Clashes between ANSF and NSAGs continued across the north east specifically in Kunduz City, Khan Abad, Dasht e Archi and Qala e Zal districts of Kunduz province and Pul e Khumri, Baghlan e  Jadid and Doshi districts of Baghlan province and Argo in Badakhshan province.
In Hilmand province, the security situation remains unstable with sporadic armed clashes ongoing. The main roads connecting Lashkargah to Nawa e Barakzaiy, Nad e Ali and Nahr e Saraj districts are closed including the main road connecting Kandahar to Lashkargah. The closure of the roads has significantly impacted humanitarian services within the districts as well as public movements.
Following a needs assessment, humanitarian partners assisted 1,331 IDPs with cash, food, relief items, and hygiene supplies in Badghis, Ghor and Hirat provinces.
A humanitarian partner provided emergency health supplies to the department of public health in Nangarhar, Kunar, Laghman and Nuristan provinces as part of their winterisation support and to support the treatment of people with seasonal diseases.
A total of 27,349 people received humanitarian assistance including IDPs, undocumented returnees, and people who received food aid as part of the COVID 19 response.
6,958 IDPs received humanitarian assistance in Kabul and Khost provinces and Gizab district of Uruzgan province  ( 23 – 29 November 2020 ) .
The security situation remained unstable in the central part of the country with incidents reported in Bamyan, Kabul, Logar, Maidan Wardak, Paktya, Khost, Paktika and Ghazni provinces.
The first batch of COVID 19 vaccinations through the COVAX facility – consisting of 468,000 doses – arrived on 8 March. Afghanistan is the first country in central Asia to receive the vaccine via COVAX – a facility that is set to deliver at least 2 billion doses of COVID 19 vaccines globally by the end of 2021.
Armed clashes between Afghan National Security Forces  ( ANSF ) and an non state armed group  ( NSAG )  continued mainly in Balkh, Faryab, Sar e Pul, Jawzjan and Samangan provinces.
In Hilmand province, military operations are ongoing in some of the main roads connecting Lashkargah to Nad e Ali and Nawa e  Barakzaiy.
IOM's Protection programme has supported 838 undocumented returnee households comprising at least one person with specific needs  ( PSN )  in 2021 through provision of timely information, facilitating safe and dignified access to services, and provision of assistance including cash to mitigate identified protection risks and avoid resorting to negative coping mechanisms when referral pathways are exhausted.
IOM provided post arrival humanitarian assistance to 1,304  ( 17% )  undocumented Afghans at the IOM Transit Centers in Herat and Nimroz during the past week.
Between 7 and 12 November, 503 returnees received post arrival humanitarian assistance.
Approximately six times the number of people are in need of humanitarian assistance in 2021 compared to four years ago when the multi year HRP was first developed.
While the immediate response to COVID 19 focused largely on the health and hygiene impacts of the pandemic, humanitarian partners quickly adjusted approaches to respond to the pandemic's secondary impacts on protection, food security and livelihoods, nutrition, and education.
According to WFP's market monitoring, the average wheat flour price  ( low price and high price )  increased by 12 per cent between 14 March 2020 and the second week of March 2021, while the cost of pulses, sugar, cooking oil and rice  ( low quality )  increased by 26 per cent, 20 per cent, 58 per cent, and 21 per cent, respectively, over the same period. These price increases are accompanied by declining purchasing power for casual labourers and pastoralists – which has deteriorated by almost 19 per cent and 20 per cent, respectively  ( compared to 14 March 2020 ) .
National capacity for COVID 19 testing has reached 8,500 samples a day however these laboratories are not being fully utilised.
While 22 laboratories are now operating in Afghanistan – with plans to scale up to at least one laboratory per province by June 2021 – the capacity of these facilities remains limited and stocks of supplies have periodically run out
Almost 8 per cent of the total confirmed COVID 19 cases are among healthcare staff and they are currently the highest priority for vaccination.
Commercial domestic flights are operating. The United Nations Humanitarian Air Service  ( UNHAS )  is flying domestically and has announced an increase in the frequency of flights to five days per week as of 14 February. UNHAS will continue to support any required evacuation and relocation flights during all days of the week.
Humanitarian assistance reached 1,597 households  ( approximately 11,053 people )  affected by conflict in Badakhshan, Takhar and Kunduz provinces.
A sharp drop in remittances to Afghanistan has also been observed as well as the negative socio economic impacts linked to the return.
A high level of violence continued across the region; 99 incidents were recorded with more than half occurring in Balkh province. Armed clashes between Afghan National Security Forces  ( ANSF ) and an Non State Armed Groups ( NSAG )  continued mainly in Balkh, Faryab, Sar e Pul, Jawzjan and Samangan provinces.
Nutrition Cluster:  419,223 community members reached with COVID 19 awareness raising sessions.  158,421 IEC materials distributed
According to UNHCR's latest border monitoring report  ( covering 13 and 19 December ) , 35 per cent of returnees interviewed at the Islam Qala and Milak border crossing points and 32 per cent of returnees interviewed at the Torkham and Spin Boldak border crossing points said they faced problems during the COVID 19 outbreak in neighbouring countries, such as lost work/wages, discrimination/stigmatisation by local communities, lack of access to markets, pressure from authorities to return to Afghanistan, movement restrictions related to lockdowns, and lack of access to medical services.
A total of 14,346 people including vulnerable families from host communities, IDPs in protracted displacement and returnees from Iran received humanitarian assistance in Faryab, Jawzjan and Sar e Pul provinces.
Of the 12 medium impact provinces, EiEWG partners have already pre positioned supplies in 8  ( Farah, Nangarhar, Sar e Pul, Hilmand, Wardak, Kandahar, Uruzgan and Baghlan )  while WASH in Education supplies are only available in 3 provinces  ( Faryab, Wardak and Baghlan ) .
Humanitarian negotiations, including on levy exemptions, are more likely to succeed when carried by a collective of humanitarian partners, as we are stronger when we speak in a joint and unified voice rather than trying to resolve issues on our own;
Humanitarian negotiations should be guided by the Humanitarian and Joint Operating Principles;
The HAG advocates to find local solutions for local issues and only elevating issues to the TPC  ( NSAG TB Political Commission )  in Doha as a last resort when district and provincial level engagement proved unsuccessful;
While local implementing partners and community elders can play an important role in facilitating engagement with NSAG TB  ( Non State Armed Group – Taliban )  , the HAG cautions against attempts to fully outsource outreach to external partners and advises to consider direct engagement at a local level;
Partners operating in NSAG TB  ( Non State Armed Group – Taliban )  controlled, or influenced areas require a coherent, well developed access strategy, including on strong engagement with local NSAG TB  ( Non State Armed Group – Taliban )  members;
Some 9,671 returnees, IDPs, and people from host communities were reached with emergency outpatient health services; and 8,079 children were vaccinated to protect them against polio and measles by Interagency assessment team.
In Nangarhar, ANSF  ( Afghan National Security Force )  forcefully entered a humanitarian compound to get access to their CCTV cameras when searching for ACG  ( Armed Criminal Group )  members. They left the compound when the organization's security focal point addressed the issue with ANSF at senior level.
Protection Cluster:  More than 3 million people sensitised on COVID 19 and related preventive measures by Protection Cluster partners.  132,786 IEC materials distributed.  7,888 people interviewed using the COVID 19 specific protection monitoring questionnaire.  37,659 border monitoring interviews conducted.
Of concern in 2020 was the request to international NGOs to purchase a local health insurance for the renewal of work permits for their international staff. The request came despite NGOs being already covered by their own health insurance and without any indication of actual coverage of services. While this issue was addressed at the highest GOA  ( Government of Afghanistan )  level, partners report the requests continue.
Most constraints stemmed from interference with programming  ( 187 ) , followed by bureaucratic impediments  ( 40 ) , interference with staff recruitment  ( 37 )  and interference with beneficiary selection  ( 29 ) . NSAG TB continued to author most interference attempts  ( 186 ) , with GOA and ANSF initiating 67 and 13 respectively.
Between 9 November and 13 December, 2,181 people – including PLW – across Kandahar province were reached with COVID 19 awareness raising sessions by Nutrition Cluster partners. A total of 312,936 people across the country have been sensitised on COVID 19 preventive measures by Nutrition Cluster partners since the start of the COVID 19 crisis.
During the reporting period, 258,552 people across the country were sensitised on COVID 19 and related preventive measures by Protection Cluster partners, bringing the total to 2,770,171 people reached since the start of the crisis.
2,550 IEC materials including posters, leaflets and brochures were distributed by nutrition partners during the reporting period; 158,421 IEC materials have been distributed by Nutrition Cluster partners since the start of the crisis
During the reporting period, 222,634 people across the country were sensitised on COVID 19 and related preventive measures by Protection Cluster partners, bringing the total to 3,089,833 people reached since the start of the crisis.
In Q4, 25 criminally motivated incidents were logged, compared to 41 criminally motivated security incidents affecting humanitarian personnel in Q3.
Out of five incidents relating to the lack of phone coverage, three occurred in the southern provinces of Uruzgan, Kandahar and Hilmand which saw heavy fighting during the month of October. The shutdown of telecommunication networks during ongoing fighting is a frequent occurrence and enables NSAG TB  ( Non State Armed Group – Taliban )  to obstruct the communication of ANSF  ( Afghan National Security Force )  .
Similarly, in Faryab Province, NSAG TB used an excavator to damage the road to obstruct ANSF advancement.
In November, in Ghor Province, NSAG TB destroyed the Kaminj main bridge to obstruct movement for ANSF. This is the second time after April 2020 that this bridge was destroyed by NSAG TB, thereby not only impeding ANSF but also humanitarian movement.
A number of partners started to only transport goods with a permission letter issued by NSAG TB in order not to be stopped at checkpoints. While this system indeed seems to facilitate movement, it is no guarantee for not being stopped at checkpoints
In 14 instances, humanitarian partners were directly impacted by a checkpoint.
Out of 161 checkpoints NSAG TB  ( Non State Armed Group – Taliban )  manned 137, while 21 were manned by ANSF  ( Afghan National Security Force ) , with the latter occurring mainly during the government imposed Covid 19 lockdown in March and April 2020.
The security situation remained unstable in the centre. Fighting and IED attacks were reported in Kabul, Logar, Maidan Wardak, Khost, Ghazni, Paktika and Paktya provinces. Interagency assessment teams identified 1,071 IDPs to receive humanitarian assistance in the coming days in Khost and Paktya provinces.
Interagency assessment teams identified 16,427 people to receive immediate humanitarian assistance. During the reporting period, 16,639 people received humanitarian assistance   among them are 2,541 newly displaced people, 196 people affected by natural disasters, 175 IDPs in prolonged displacement, 4,508 vulnerable people in host communities and 9,219 people who receive seasonal support and food aid in response to the COVID 19 pandemic.
During the reporting period, 2,621 displaced people were identified by interagency assessment teams to receive humanitarian assistance in the coming days in Kandahar and Hilmand provinces. On 9 February, 1,837 internally displaced persons  ( IDPs )  received food, household items, water, sanitation, and hygiene  ( WASH )  and cash based assistance in Kandahar province.
In Hilmand province, fighting between Afghan National Security Forces ( ANSF )  and an non state armed group ( NSAG )  intensified with airstrikes reported in Nahr e Saraj and Nawa e Barakzaiy districts. According to initial report, approximately 2,100 people were displaced to Lashkargah city from insecure districts across Hilmand province. The needs of newly displaced people are being assessed by interagency assessment teams in Lashkargah district.
Armed clashes between Afghan National Security Forces ( ANSF )  and an non state armed group ( NSAG )  continued in Balkh, Faryab, Sar e Pul, Jawzjan and Samangan provinces. Interagency assessment teams identified 1,176 people affected by conflict to receive humanitarian assistance in the coming days in Balkh, Faryab, Jawzjan and Sar e Pul provinces. A total of 672 vulnerable people including IDPs received winter support in Sar e Pul province. Furthermore, 8,050 returnees and IDPs in protracted displacement received cash for food under from an NGO in Faryab province.
A total of 12,712 people received humanitarian assistance   among them are 1,141 newly displaced people, 1,750 vulnerable people in the host community and 9,821 people who received seasonal support and food aid in response to the COVID 19 pandemic
Clashes between Afghan National Security Forces ( ANSF )  and an non state armed group ( NSAG )  continued in the east mainly in Sherzad and Hesarak districts of Nangarhar province. According to local authorities, around 4,000 people were forced to flee their homes to safe areas within Khogyani, Surkh Rod, Behsud and Jalalabad districts in Nangarhar province. Interagency teams are conducting need assessments to respond to the immediate humanitarian needs of displaced people.
Humanitarian assistance reached approximately 14,833 people affected by conflict in Baghlan, Kunduz and Takhar provinces. Assessment teams identified 1,134 people displaced by conflict in Badakhshan, Baghlan and Kunduz provinces to receive humanitarian assistance in the coming days
Interagency assessment teams identified 798 people affected by conflict to receive humanitarian assistance in the coming days in Faryab, Jawzjan and Sar e Pul provinces. Also, 98 people whose houses were destroyed by flooding were identified by interagency assessment teams to receive humanitarian assistance in the coming days in Sheberghan city, Jawzjan province. A total of 2,737 people affected by conflict received humanitarian assistance in Balkh and Faryab provinces.
Humanitarian assistance reached approximately 13,391 people affected by conflict in Takhar and Kunduz provinces. Assessment teams identified 322 people displaced by conflict in Kunduz province to receive humanitarian assistance in the coming days. Also, humanitarian partners continued to deliver winter assistance including household items and cash to people in need in Kunduz and Takhar provinces
The security situation in the east remained unstable mainly in Nangarhar and Kunar provinces. The ongoing clashes between Afghan National Security Forces ( ANSF )  and an non state armed group ( NSAG )  resulted in the steady displacement of people from Khogyani, Sherzad and Hesarak districts in Nangarhar province.
Fighting between Afghan National Security Forces ( ANSF )  and an non state armed group ( NSAG )  continued in the north east mainly in Kunduz and Baghlan provinces. On 6 January, ongoing armed clashes and roadblocks in Khana Abad resulted in the displacement of 140 people to the Sari Dawra area and Kunduz city. On 4 January, 210 people were reportedly displaced from Gorgorak village and the Cheshma e Shir area to Pul e Khumri district, Baghlan province.
Ongoing clashes with airstrikes and improvised explosive devices  ( IEDs )  continued to impact the safety and movements of civilians across Kandahar province.
In addition, 3,257 people affected by conflict received humanitarian assistance in Kandahar, Hilmand and Uruzgan provinces during the reporting period.
On 6 January, 3,100 people were displaced from remote villages to Pul e Khumr district of Baghlan province and from insecure areas of Charkhab and Qabri Mirza Naseri to Kunduz city, Kunduz province due to ongoing armed clashes.
Humanitarian assistance reached approximately 8,050 people affected by the conflict in Kunduz province.
Assessment teams identified 147 people displaced by conflict in Kunduz province to receive humanitarian assistance in the coming days.
In addition, 647 people including vulnerable families from host communities, IDPs in protracted displacement and returnees received basic health assistance through mobile health teams in Sar e Pul province.
Clashes between Afghan National Security Forces ( ANSF )  and an non state armed group ( NSAG )  continued in the east mainly in Nangarhar province. The ongoing fighting in Khogyani, Sherzad, Hesarak districts resulted in the displacement of nearly 2,000 people to Surkh Rod district in Nangarhar province.
61% of respondents have mentioned that Health Workers are the major source of information providers related to COVID 19.Out of which 67% are women respondents and 57%are men.
This week  [  ( 11 – 17 January 2021 )  ] , six mobile health teams provided nutrition support to people affected by conflict and natural disasters in Nangarhar and Kunar provinces. Among 1,122 children under five screened, 46 children suffered from severe acute malnutrition  ( SAM )  and 95 children suffered from moderate acute malnutrition  ( MAM ) . The severe cases were admitted to the therapeutic feeding centres for treatment.
According to initial reports, 4,942 people were reportedly displaced by conflict in Logar province with needs assessments ongoing to verify this information.
The security situation remained unstable with continued reports of fighting and IED attacks in Kabul, Logar, Maidan Wardak, Khost and Paktya provinces.
During the reporting period, 1,073 people displaced by conflict were assessed by interagency assessment teams and will receive humanitarian assistance in the coming days in Farah and Hirat provinces
In addition, 7,742 people were recommended to receive immediate winter assistance in Ghazni and Kabul provinces in the coming days.
In Uruzgan province, airstrikes and clashes betweenn Afghan National Security Forces  ( ANSF )  and a non state armed group  ( NSAG )  intensified in Gizab district. The conflict in Gizab district administrative centre resulted in the relocation of a humanitarian distribution site for internally displaced persons  ( IDPs )  in Khalaj village who had been displaced by conflict in Naik Bazar
In Uruzgan province, clashes between Afghan National Security Forces ( ANSF )  and an non state armed group ( NSAG )  intensified in Dehrawud, Gizab and Tirinkot districts. Improvised explosive devices  ( IEDs )  attacks continued to pose a threat to civilian movements across the south and increased the vulnerability of IDPs in protracted displacement who are unable to access employment opportunities.