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 #32, Fiscal Year (FY) 2002    December 3, 2001


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

Numbers Affected

- According to UNOCHA, 7.5 million Afghans are in urgent need of
humanitarian assistance including food, shelter, health, education, and
demining initiatives.

- On December 3 IRIN reported that approximately 150,000 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 people (IDPs) there are at this time.


Afghanistan

- FAO issued an appeal for $10.1 million for agricultural rehabilitation
focusing on emergency, recovery and development.

- Of the seven Regional Coordinating Bodies (RCBs) operating in
Afghanistan prior to September 11, those in Kabul, Faizabad and Herat and
currently operating.  The RCB in Bamiyan in scheduled to resume operations
soon, while the remaining three RCBs are operating for alternate
locations:  the Jalalabad RCB in now in Peshawar; the Mazar-e-Sharif RCB
is in Termez; and the Kandahar RCB is located in Quetta.

- The Government of Tajikistan has announced that effective December 5, it
will no longer require NGOs and UN agencies to obtain special permission
to cross the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan.  This development
will facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance between the two
countries.

- The Government of Uzbekistan has issued a requirement that international
personnel obtain a special visa to enter Termez, effective December 5.
It will take 5 days to obtain the visa.  The visa will be effective for
one month and will be renewable.


Security

- The UN granted permission for its expatriate personnel to return to
Herat.  The number of UN international staff permitted in Kabul has
increased.  UN international staff continues to be restricted to the areas
of Kabul, Faizabad and Herat because of insecurity.


Population Movements

- UNHCR reports that Maslak Camp, an IDP camp near Herat, continues to
receive new IDPs from Ghor province.  There are thousands in need of food
and shelter waiting for admission to the camp, which already contains
150,000 IDPs.  WFP reported that it has fed 360,000 people living in camps
in and around Herat.

- An NGO operating in Mazar-e Sharif reports that there are no IDP camps
on the road from Aquine, Turkmenistan to Mazar-e-Sharif.  There are,
however, numerous IDPs moving in the area, many of whom are being
accommodated with host families in urban centers.

- UNHCR monitors in Kabul reported that 3,000 people have returned to the
city since November 23.

- Afghan refugees in Iran were continuing their return to Afghanistan
through the Dogharoun border crossing at about 1,300 per day, according to
UNHCR.  To date, some 15,000 refugees have voluntarily returned to
Afghanistan.

- UNHCR reports that approximately 1,200 people arrive each day at the
Killi Faizo staging camp near the Chaman border crossing.  UNHCR continues
to transfer new arrivals each day to Roghani Camp in Pakistan.  The border
to Pakistan remains officially closed, but IDPs are allowed to cross.

- UNHCR has relocated 16,000 refugees to new camps in Baluchistan and
Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP)  since mid-November.  The transfer of
refugees will facilitate the delivery of relief assistance and will reduce
the risk that unregistered refugees will be deported.


Logistics

- Afghan commanders closed the Torkham border crossing on November 29 and
permitted no humanitarian convoys on November 30.  As of December 3 the
crossing was reopened.

- There are two airfields, at Faizabad and Bagram, being used for
humanitarian shipments.  The airport in Mazar- e-Sharif is under repair.
An airfield in Kabul and one in Chariker, near Kabul, are also operational
but not presently used for transporting humanitarian supplies. An airfield
in Kandahar is marginally operational but not accessible. Additional
airfields are not operational and not currently being refurbished.

- Bad weather has suspended airlifts from Kulyab, Tajikistan to Faizabad
for several days.


U.S. Government Activities

New Actions

- On December 3, USAID/OFDA approved a $3.6 million grant to CARE for
water/sanitation, agricultural rehabilitation, and shelter activities.
The water component, valued at $355,005, includes pumping of potable water
and delivery of house-to-house health education to approximately 59,000
people in Kabul.  The agriculture component, valued at $909,922, supports
a work program to rehabilitate critical farming facilities in Ghazni and
Wardak provinces for 100,000 people.  The shelter program provides
$2,318,403 for food and short-term work opportunities to some 75,000
people in Zabul, Khandahar, Farah, Nangahar and Laghman, as well as
reconstruction of nearly 5,000 homes in Kabul province.

- To date, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has airdropped 2,126,160
Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDRs)  into Afghanistan. According to DOD, the
cost of the airdrop operations to date, including the rations, transport,
and fuel expenses, total approximately $46 million.

- On November 30, USAID/OFDA issued a grant for $3.5 million to
International Medical Corps (IMC) for primary health care activities in
Bamiyan, Wardak, and Parwan provinces in central Afghanistan.  Activities
will include emergency primary health care, maternal and child health
care, obstetric care, and supplementary feeding.


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	$56,313,774
Total USAID/FFP 	$38,555,000
Total USAID/OTI	$1,687,820
Total State/PRM	$32,260,000
Total DOD*	$46,147,769

TOTAL USG Humanitarian Assistance FY 2002	$174,964,363
TOTAL USG Humanitarian Assistance FY 2001	$178,607,625

TOTAL USG Humanitarian Assistance to Afghanistan FY 2001/2002
$353,571,988



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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