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 #10 (FY02)    October 17, 2001


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

Numbers Affected

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


Afghanistan

b. On October 16, the Taliban seized the U.N. World Food Program's (WFP's)
two main warehouses in Kandahar and Kabul.  The warehouses reportedly
contain more than 7,000 metric tons (MT) of food aid, or more than half
the supply currently available in country.  It is not known at this time
what the Taliban plans to do with the food or with the warehouses.  WFP is
currently delivering 900 MT of food aid per day into Afghanistan.

c. Reports continue to suggest a breakdown of law and order in parts of
Afghanistan.  The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported
that its office in Mazar-e-Sharif was looted the night of October 15. Two
IOM staff were robbed and beaten, according to IOM.  The Kandahar office
of Islamic Relief, a U.K.-based nongovernmental organization (NGO), was
attacked by a gang of armed men, according to the BBC.

d. IOM plans to send two convoys or relief commodities per week from
Mashad, Iran to Herat.  A convoy was scheduled to leave Mashad on October
16 with 8,000 woolen blankets, 1,000 water jugs, and 560 kerosene lanterns
purchased in Iran.  The relief items are for distribution in Herat's
internally displaced person (IDP) camps.

e. IOM finished distribution 10,000 woolen blankets in Herat's Maslakh IDP
camp on October 14.

f. According to press accounts, Northern Alliance forces have reached the
outskirts of Mazar-e-Sharif.


Pakistan

g. The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported that NGOs
resumed work on four refugee camps in North West Frontier Province after
halting operations for five consecutive days last week because of security
concerns. Iran

h. An Iranian Red Crescent Society official reiterated that the Taliban
has prevented Iran from setting up camps inside Afghanistan along the
Iranian border, according to IRNA, the official Iranian news agency.
According to the report, Iran is willing to settle up to 800,000 Afghans
on the Afghanistan side of the border if necessary, and would raise that
number to one million if international support is provided.


U.S. Government Activities

New Actions

i. USAID/OFDA is providing $13.0 million in new grants for humanitarian
activities inside Afghanistan.  USAID/OFDA is supporting ACTED with $5.5
million for pre-positioning of food and nonfood emergency relief items in
northeastern Afghanistan.  USAID/OFDA is supporting GOAL with $5.5 million
for relief programs focused on food, shelter, water/sanitation, and
winterization in Samangan and Jozjan Provinces.  USAID/OFDA is supporting
Save the Children/US with $2 million for food programs in Faryab and
Sar-e-Pul, as well as emergency heating for hospitals in Kabul and
Mazar-e-Sharif.  The grants add to FY 2002 USAID/OFDA programs supporting
seed programs, camp management, health, nutrition, coordination, and
logistics, as well as relief commodities.

j. As of October 16, the Department of Defense (DOD) had airdropped
397,020 Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDRs) valued at $1,480,920 into
Afghanistan.


Disaster Declarations & Background

k. 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.

l. 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        $26,954,103
Total DOD       $1,707,186
TOTAL USG Humanitarian Assistance FY 2002       $28,661,289

TOTAL USG Humanitarian Assistance to Afghanistan FY 2001/2002   $207,408,914

FY 2002 USG Assistance to Tajikistan

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


Note: full details of funding above are available in weekly USAID/OFDA
Central Asia Region Situation Reports.


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