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 #24 (FY02)    November 13, 2001


Note: this Fact Sheet updates previously released Central Asia Region Fact

Sheets and Situation Reports.

Numbers Affected

- On November 6, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported
that approximately 135,000 Afghan refugees have entered Pakistan since
September 11.  Of these new arrivals, UNHCR believes that 75,000 entered
through the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and 60,000 entered through
Baluchistan Province. Afghanistan

- On November 13, the Northern Alliance marched on the Afghanistan capital
city of Kabul.  News sources report that Taliban forces pulled out as the
city was being overtaken.  Taliban authorities have conceded that the
provinces of Badghis, Faryab, Jawzjan, Balkh, Samangan, Bamyan, and Takhar
are now under the control of the Northern Alliance.  According to UNOCHA,
Herat is also under Northern Alliance control as of November 12, although
Taliban authorities deny this claim.  The situation in southern
Afghanistan remains unclear at the present time.

- Relief agencies report that the security situation in Mazar-e-Sharif and
surrounding areas remains unstable.  Reports of looting, abduction of
civilians, gunmen on the street, and general lawlessness have created an
environment unstable for relief workers.  The U.N. Children's Fund
(UNICEF) reported that Northern Alliance forces seized a 10-truck convoy
carrying 200 MT of supplies.  This was the first convoy of relief supplies
to arrive in Mazar-e-Sharif since the Northern Alliance gained control of
the city.

- Several U.N. Organizations had their offices and warehouses in
Mazar-e-Sharif looted or destroyed during the takeover.  UNICEF's office
was looted and their vehicles were reportedly stolen by Taliban forces.
The U.N. World Food Program (WFP) and the U.N. Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) also reported that their warehouses in Mazar-e-Sharif
have been looted.  WFP reported that 89 MT of oil, sugar, and high-energy
biscuits were stolen, and FAO had office equipment, seeds, and fertilizer
taken.

- From November 1 to November 12, WFP delivered an estimated 27,000 MT of
food to Afghanistan, nearly half their monthly target.  Of this total,
18,000 MT was sent to Kabul and the Central Highlands.

- On November 12, WFP reported that bomb shrapnel hit 20 trucks carrying
an estimated 330 MT of WFP food for the Northern Region. WFP said there
were no reported casualties. The trucks were stationed in Shashpul en
route to Bamyan when they were hit. WFP said that 80 percent of the food
was damaged and is now unusable.

- The USAID/OFDA-funded Shelter Now International (SNI) emergency shelter
project in Herat is nearing completion.  SNI reports that approximately
20% of the 4,200 units are complete and occupied.  SNI anticipates
completing the remaining units by the end of November if the security
situation and weather conditions permit.


Pakistan

- WFP reported that food dispatches from Quetta and Peshawar to
Afghanistan were suspended on November 13 in light of the tense security
situation.  WFP said they would resume dispatches and deliveries as soon
as the security situation permits and the commercial Afghan truckers are
willing.


Region

- On November 12, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs (UNOCHA) reported that internally displaced persons (IDPs)
continue to arrive in both camps near the Iranian border in Afghanistan.
The Mile 46 camp currently contains an estimated 950 IDPs and the Makaki
camp an estimated 8,000 to 10,000 IDPs.  According to UNOCHA, the
situation in camp Mile 46 is stable, while the overall conditions in
Makaki are deteriorating due to lack of food and shelter.

- The U.N. suspended plans to send the first humanitarian barges up the
Amu Darya River from the Uzbekistan port city of Termez to the Afghan port
at Hairatan due to new security concerns.  The U.N. had anticipated
commencing shipment on November 13.  The U.N. said that it hopes to move
the two loaded barges as soon as local staff members are able to travel
from Mazar-e-Sharif to the Hairatan.

- WFP reports that truck convoys continue to transport food from Osh,
Kyrgyzstan to Faizabad, Afghanistan.  Two convoys carrying a total of 300
MT of food are scheduled to arrive in Faizabad by November 16.


U.S. Government Activities

- On November 11, USAID Administrator Andrew S. Natsios traveled to
Tashkent, Uzbekistan to meet with key NGOs and U.N. agencies to discuss
humanitarian assistance issues.  The Administrator will travel to Termez,
Uzbekistan and visit the port facilities there on November 13.


New Actions

- To date, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has airdropped 1,454,820
Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDRs), valued at $6,255,726, 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.


FY 2002 USG Assistance to Afghanistan

Total USAID/OFDA	$45,226,323
Total USAID/FFP 	$38,555,000
Total State/PRM	$28,260,000
Total DOD	$6,255,726

TOTAL USG Humanitarian Assistance FY 2002	$118,297,049
TOTAL USG Humanitarian Assistance FY 2001	$178,607,625
Note: detailed breakdowns of FY 2001 assistance are available in previous
Central Asia Region Situation Reports.

TOTAL USG Humanitarian Assistance to Afghanistan FY 2001/2002
$296,904,674


FY 2002 USG Assistance to Tajikistan

Total USAID/OFDA	$998,180
TOTAL USG Humanitarian Assistance to Tajikistan FY 2002	$998,180
TOTAL USG Humanitarian Assistance to Tajikistan FY 2001	$67,210,000

TOTAL USG Humanitarian Assistance to Tajikistan FY 2001/2002
$68,208,180


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