U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA)
OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)
CENTRAL ASIA TASK FORCE
CENTRAL ASIA REGION - Complex Emergency
Fact Sheet #30, Fiscal Year (FY) 2002    November 27, 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.  Although United Nations (U.N.) and nongovernmental
organization (NGO) sources are reporting increased population movements
since November 12, it is not clear how many new refugees and internally
displaced persons (IDPs) there are at this time.


Afghanistan

- WFP expatriate staff are in Kabul to organize a single delivery of
emergency food aid in the city.  WFP intends to distribute 9,000 MT of
food to approximately 180,000 families as a holdover until adequate market
mechanisms resume.

- Security concerns and coordination issues prevent aid access to IDPs in
the Laghman province northeast of Kabul.  WFP estimates that 20,000
families in Laghman require assistance, although some NGO sources believe
the actual figure to be lower.


Logistics

- WFP efforts to provide emergency food aid and stockpiles in
drought-affected regions in the west and northwest have supplied
approximately one-fourth of the anticipated needs to date.  WFP estimates
that 92,865 MT of food aid is required in the region.  This includes 22 MT
for Badghis (includes a 6-month winter stockpile), 23 MT for Ghor
(includes a 6-month winter stockpile), 23 MT for Faryab (includes 4 MT for
a winter stockpile), 7 MT for Jawzjan, 8 MT for Sar-e-Pul, 4 MT for Herat
and 6 MT for Farah.  These provinces can be supplied from Turkmenabad,
Termez and Mashaad, as security and pipeline issues permit.

- To date, WFP has moved a total of 1,238 MT of food aid through Termez to
Hairaton.  Of this amount, 400MT has been distributed to IDPs in Mazar-e
Sharif.  The remainder will be transferred to Mazar-e Sharif as soon as
the city becomes secure.


Regional

- Cross-border food delivery faces delays due to complications with
processing requests for transshipment of people and commodities through
countries in the region.



U.S. Government Activities

New Actions

- To date, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has airdropped 1,902,300
Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDRs)  into Afghanistan. According to DOD, the
cost of the airdrop operations, including the rations, transport, and fuel
expenses, total approximately $43 million. The previously reported total
of more than $120 million reflects the estimated total cost of the entire
four to five month airdrop operation.


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	$49,230,444
Total USAID/FFP 	$38,555,000
Total USAID/OTI	$1,687,820
Total State/PRM	$32,260,000
Total DOD*	$42,647,769

TOTAL USG Humanitarian Assistance FY 2002	$164,381,033
TOTAL USG Humanitarian Assistance FY 2001	$178,607,625

TOTAL USG Humanitarian Assistance to Afghanistan FY 2001/2002
$342,988,658


FY 2002 USG Assistance to Tajikistan
Total USAID/OFDA	$998,180
Total USAID/FFP	$20,000,000

TOTAL USG Humanitarian Assistance to Tajikistan FY 2002	$20,998,180
TOTAL USG Humanitarian Assistance to Tajikistan FY 2001	$67,210,000

TOTAL USG Humanitarian Assistance to Tajikistan FY 2001/2002
$88,208,180


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

*Note: DOD funding totals are estimates.


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