Highlights
From January to mid-August, 202,109 people fled their homes due to conflict, up by more than 9,000 people compared to the previous week.
Some 849 spontaneous returnees and 56 deportees arrived in Afghanistan from Pakistan, according to IOM from 13 to 19 August, and from Iran, 3,708 people returned spontaneously and 6,540 were deported.
In the same week, 957 registered refugees returned to Afghanistan, 865 from Pakistan, 84 from Iran and 8 from other countries, as reported by UNHCR.
From 1 January 2017 to 30 July 2017, nearly 225,000 displaced people were provided humanitarian assistance in 33 provinces and 95 districts across the country.
Access to Ghormach district, Badghis, is very challenging, due to remoteness, ongoing clashes and mines along the road from Maymana. Only the NGO providing health services (BHPS) in Ghormach is currently operational in the zone.
