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 #26 (FY02)    November 16, 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

- The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that 100 additional health
kits are being sent to Afghanistan, with 20 kits designated specifically
for both Mazar-e-Sharif and Herat. Each health kit supplies 10,000 people
with three months of medicines and supplies.


Security Issues

- According to the United Nations (U.N.), the security situation in
Kunduz, Mazar-e-Sharif, and Kabul remains problematic.

- As of November 15, five U.N. international staff returned to Faizabad
representing the U.N. World Food Program (WFP), the U.N. Children's Fund
(UNICEF), WHO, and the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs (UNOCHA).

- Seven WHO sub-offices have reopened throughout Afghanistan. WHO reports
that both the Mazar-e-Sharif and Ghazni sub-offices were looted.

- According to WFP, humanitarian assistance arriving in Heraton is being
provided to a nearby internally displaced persons (IDP) camp until
security conditions in Mazar-e-Sharif allow for the resumption of aid
operations there.

- At this time, it is unclear whether the Makaki IDP camp in northwestern
Nimroz Province remains under Taliban control, as various sources are
reporting conflicting information.


Food Assistance

-	On November 16, WFP announced that despite recent security
obstacles, it had succeeded in reaching its monthly food aid distribution
target of 52,000 MT.  WFP reports that this will be sufficient food to feed
the estimated six million vulnerable people of Afghanistan for one month.
However, WFP also said that security concerns and the upcoming winter months
could continue to impede the delivery of food aid within Afghanistan.

-	On November 15, a second barge carrying 200 MT of WFP wheat flour
departed Termez for Hairaton.

-	Food deliveries to the Panjsheer Valley have been restricted due
security concerns at the southern entrance, according to WFP.  WFP reported
that it has increased deliveries from the north to compensate, but heavy
snows through the 4,000-meter Anjuman Pass pose logistical difficulties.

-	Food deliveries from Peshawar and Quetta were suspended for the
fourth day in a row due to security concerns among the truckers.  Food aid
was last dispatched from Pakistan on November 12.  However, WFP's airlift of
commodities from Quetta to Turkmenabad and their build up of prepositioned
commodities in Quetta continues.


U.S. Government Activities

New Actions

- USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) in Islamabad was
augmented with additional personnel to provide logistical and program
support to USAID's humanitarian assistance activities.

- To date, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has airdropped 1,547,700
Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDRs), valued at $6,655,100, into Afghanistan.
According to DOD, the cost of the airdrop operations, including the
rations, transport and fuel expenses, totals approximately $120 million.

- 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	$48,876,323
Total USAID/FFP 	$38,555,000
Total USAID/OTI	$1,687,820
Total State/PRM	$28,260,000
Total DOD	$120,000,000

TOTAL USG Humanitarian Assistance FY 2002	$237,379,143
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
$415,986,768


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

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



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