In Brief:
From 1 Jan to 26 Nov 2017, a total of 360,604 people were displaced due to conflict in Afghanistan, 16,646 people more compared to the previous week. The provinces sheltering the highest numbers of IDPs are Nangarhar (71,666), Kunduz (35,658), Badghis (25,723) and Faryab (21,022).
Fighting between armed groups in Khogyani district, Nangarhar, has led to the displacement of up to 17,000 people in the past days according to initial reports from the ground. Since mid-October 2017, about 39,000 recent IDPs from the area have been recommended for assistance, 24,000 of whom have received humanitarian aid.
During the past week, more than 115,000 displaced people, undocumented returnees, refugees or host families received some form of humanitarian assistance across the country.
From 13 to 23 November, UNHCR distributed US$200 for heating fuel for three months and blankets to 3,000 families as part of the Emergency Shelter/NFI Cluster (ES/NFI) winterisation response in seven provinces. WFP dispatched over 940 metric tons of food for 110,000 people to the eastern and southern regions to ensure distributions can continue through winter even if roads get blocked by snow.
In Janikhel, Paktya, Afghan security forces retook full control of the district centre and surrounding areas beginning of the month and vacated the health facility in the district centre that had been occupied by soldiers. The health facility is operational again.
