U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR)
OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)
CENTRAL ASIA TASK FORCE
CENTRAL ASIA REGION - Complex Emergency
Fact Sheet #9, Fiscal Year (FY) 2002    October 16, 2001


Note: this Fact Sheet updates previously released Central Asia Region Fact
Sheets and Situation Reports.

Numbers Affected

- The total known number of Afghans to have crossed into Pakistan since
September 11 remains 20,000 (see "Pakistan," below, for details).
Additional unknown numbers have crossed at informal crossing points. There
are no new reports of refugees crossing into Iran.

- There have been no reports of substantial population movements towards
Afghanistan's borders since air strikes began on October 7.


Afghanistan

- According to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs (UNOCHA), U.N. World Food Program (WFP) food deliveries into
Afghanistan have increased to an average of 900 metric tons (MT) per day.
WFP reported that it has transported 5,000 MT of food into Afghanistan
since October 7, including 2,000 MT from Pakistan, 2,000 MT from
Tajikistan, and 1,000 MT from Turkmenistan.

- UNOCHA reported that on October 15, WFP began transporting 1,500 MT of
food from Peshawar, Pakistan to provinces around Kabul.  WFP is also
making arrangements to deliver 5,200 MT of wheat from Turkmenistan to
Herat.

- Northern Alliance forces are reportedly drawing closer to
Mazar-e-Sharif, a key Alliance objective as Afghanistan's largest northern
city and a strategic supply route to neighboring Uzbekistan.  The Taliban
has controlled Mazar-e-Sharif since 1998.

-  In Kabul, UNOCHA reported October 15 that up to 30 percent of Kabul's
residents leave the city for nearby rural areas each night to avoid air
strikes, but return the next day.


Pakistan

- The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported October 15 that
more than 1,000 people may have crossed the border into Pakistan each day
for the last month.  This figure is unverified, however, more so because
UNHCR continues to lack access to border regions due to security concerns.

- According to UNHCR, the status of the border crossing at Pakistan's
Chaman crossing near Quetta has been erratic, and is sometimes closed to
all traffic, sometimes only to documented travelers and the sick and
elderly, and sometimes has been opened to larger groups.

- UNHCR began preparing the Shalman site last week in North West Frontier
Province (NWFP) for 10,000 potential refugees, but local elders reduced
the permitted site to an area adequate for only 3,000 people.  UNHCR is
maintaining its stock of 1,400 tents in Shalman, and a total of 3,500
tents in NWFP.

- UNHCR has tents and plastic sheeting for 100,000 people in its Quetta
warehouse, and tens of thousands of tents and plastic tarpaulins in
Peshawar.


Iran

- UNHCR and the Iranian government continue to work to identify camp sites
along the Afghanistan-Iran border.  Water supply appears to be the most
critical issue along the border for any potential camps.

- According to UNHCR, spontaneous returns to Afghanistan have increased,
following a drop-off in traffic after October 7.  UNHCR reported October
15 that unconfirmed reports from inside Afghanistan indicate that there
are no large population movements towards Iran.


Tajikistan

- On October 16, WFP appealed for 67,000 MT of food for emergency
assistance for up to one million Tajiks affected by drought through June,
2002.


U.S. Government Activities

New Actions

- USAID/OFDA is providing five health kits to UNICEF in Islamabad as an
in-kind contribution valued at $29,415.  The health kits can support a
population of 10,000 for up to three months.

- As of October 15, the Department of Defense (DOD) had airdropped 344,400
Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDRs) valued at $1,480,920 into Afghanistan.
Disaster Declarations & Background

- On October 4, 2001, Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs
Christina B. Rocca redeclared a complex humanitarian disaster for
Afghanistan for FY 2002.

- On October 10, 2001, U.S. Chargé d'Affaires James A. Boughner declared a
disaster for Tajikistan due to drought.


Fiscal Year (FY) 2001 USG Assistance to Afghanistan

Total USAID/OFDA	$12,599,441
Total USAID/FFP	$31,200,000
Total USAID/DG	$450,000
Total USDA	$99,800,000
Total State/PRM	$29,828,659
Total State/HDP	$2,800,000
Total State/INL	$1,500,000
Total CDC	$569,525
TOTAL USG Humanitarian Assistance FY 2001	$178,747,625

FY 2002 USG Assistance to Afghanistan
Total USAID/OFDA	$13,954,103
Total DOD	$1,480,920
TOTAL USG Humanitarian Assistance FY 2002	$15,435,023


TOTAL USG Humanitarian Assistance to Afghanistan FY 2001/2002	$194,182,648

FY 2002 USG Assistance to Tajikistan
Total USAID/OFDA Humanitarian Assistance to Tajikistan FY 2002	 $998,180


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