Number and situation of IDPs in Afghanistan
UNOCHA, Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Martin Griffiths Statement for the Security Council Briefing on the Humanitarian Situation in Afghanistan, 20 December 2022
“Nearly 7 million Afghan nationals remain in neighboring countries, including as refugees, and more than 3.4 million
internally displaced people are yet to find a way home.”
UN Women, Gender Alert: Gender-related impacts of evictions of internally-displaced persons and destructions of informal settlements – focus on Badghis, 20 December 2022
“Many IDP households are highly vulnerable to return to their areas of origin. Evictions are also further compounding
their already dire situation in the face of the current economic crisis which has worsened their prospects for work
and survival. Economic prospects and stability are unclear in areas of origin, where households are likely to have had their homes destroyed or no homes left in their villages of origin, or may not have documentation to prove ownership. This is especially true for women IDPs, given the historically low rates of home or land ownership of women in Afghanistan. This alert aims to shed light on the gender-related impacts of IDP evictions and destructions of informal settlements in Badghis and to put forward recommendations for the humanitarian community.”
UNHCR, Afghanistan situation update, 4 December 2022
“Between 2021 and 2022, almost 1.3 million IDPs returned to their places of origin – over 1 million IDPs in 2021 and 211,807 in 2022. The source of these figures are the 329,000 household-level rapid assessments conducted by UNHCR and partners between October and December although this figure may increase since household- level assessments are currently ongoing. In addition, 320,306 IDPs received assistance for re-integration as of 30 November.”
IOM, MOVEMENTS IN AND OUT OF AFGHANISTAN 1 November to 15 November 2022, 24 November 2022
“IDP ARRIVALS
1,804,363 Jan 2021 - Apr 2022
5,894,220 2012 - 2022 (April)
Arrival IDPs are Afghans who fled their communities of origin and have arrived in the assessed locations within Afghanistan as a result of, or in order to avoid, the effects of armed conflict, generalized violence, human rights violations, protection concerns, or natural and human-made disasters.”
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), Afghanistan: Snapshot of Population Movements, January to November 2022 (As of 23 November 2022), 23 November 2022
“Internally Displaced People
32.4K people newly displaces in 2022 Same period in previous years
2021: 704,000 new IDPs
2020: 393,000 new IDPs
21% adult male
21% adult female
58% children under 18”
Human Rights Watch, “No One Asked Me Why I Left Afghanistan”, 18 November 2022
“Many Afghans survive by farming and husbandry. Both the effects of climate change and actions by the Taliban have tipped the scale of survival to dangerous levels. Crop failures are causing displacement, as food in some
places can no longer be harvested for consumption or sale.”
Assessment Capacities Project (ACAPS), Afghanistan: Risk Overview, 7 November 2022
“Parts of Afghanistan experience very harsh winters, and many mountainous and remote areas (in central and northeast regions) become even more difficult to reach during this season. Previous disasters and the economic and governance collapse have also drastically reduced the resilience of most communities. Avalanches, flooding, landslides, heavy snow, and earthquakes affected over 275,000 people between September 2018 and April 2019, over 70,000 in the winter of 2019– 2020, and about 42,000 in the winter of 2020–2021 (OCHA accessed 20/09/2022) […] The recurrence of natural disasters and the authorities’ inability to provide timely and adequate
response over time erode the coping abilities of communities and individuals. A rise in unmet humanitarian needs will lead people to adopt negative coping mechanisms. At the same time, those unable to support themselves and their families are likely to displace to urban centres in search of work. This displacement might create tension or lead to civil unrest given the resulting competition with host communities over available resources.”
UNHCR, Afghanistan: UNHCR Operational update - September 2022, 7 November 2022
"In the last two years, over 1 million IDPs have returned to their places of origin with at least 974,220 in 2021 and 179,987 in 2022. This year alone by 1 October, 3,751 Afghan refugees returned to Afghanistan, already surpassing those who returned in 2020 and in 2021. Also, the number of IDPs due to conflict countrywide is now estimated at
3.4 million.”
International Organisation for Migration IOM, IOM Afghanistan Migration Health Situation Report, 30 October 2022
“Women and girls in Afghanistan remain disproportionately impacted by the mass displacement, repeated waves of aftershock following the recent earthquake, conflicts, flash flood and collapsing economy. As agreed recently, the Humanitarian Emergency Response (HER) will be supporting the typical health system for an interim period of next 15 months, however, over 15 million most vulnerable displaced population including returning Afghans, people living in the underserved IDP settlements and hard-to-reach areas are still lacking basic health care services. The numbers of undocumented returnees in 2022 are almost double those seen pre-pandemic, the majority of whom have been deported from Iran. Because of the continued outbreaks of diseases owing to mass
displacement, it is crucial to invest more for the health response in Afghanistan in more sustainable ways.”
UNHCR Operational Data Portal, External Update: Afghanistan Situation #19, 17 August 2022
“Ongoing earthquake response: In late June, a 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck districts in Paktika and Khost provinces, south-eastern Afghanistan. Over 1,000 people are estimated to have been killed, including 250 children, while an additional 3,000 people were injured, among them 600 children. At least 70% of houses in the most impacted areas were damaged or destroyed.
[...]
Broader response in Afghanistan: The broader humanitarian situation in Afghanistan remains challenging across the country, with more than half of the population remaining dependent on assistance. This includes many displaced people, who often live-in makeshift settlements under difficult conditions.
“UNHCR first visit to Nuristan province in 15 years: The visit highlighted the lack of access to basic services, including potable water, education, health, access roads, and lack of access to viable livelihood opportunities in remote districts and locations.
[...]
Support to IDP returnees: Over 110,000 IDP returnees have been identified by UNHCR in 2022, bringing the total number of IDP returnees identified by UNHCR since 2021 to more than 989,000.”
International Organisation for Migration: Displacement Tracking Matrix, Afghanistan – Survey on drivers of migration – round 3 (April – August 2021), August 2022
“This report demonstrates how Afghan mobility is the result of a range of factors related to economic conditions and prolonged conflict within the country. Between April 2021 and August 2021 (Round 3 of SDM), various provinces of Afghanistan were affected by active conflict, which was followed by the fall of the government in Afghanistan on 15 August 2021. This resulted in civilian casualties, the loss of livelihoods, internal displacement, and cross-border mobility. Therefore, the decisions to leave Afghanistan and choose a destination country
revolved around multiple intersections of these factors as opposed to an identifiable, single reason”.
OCHA, Afghanistan: Snapshot of Population Movements, January to July 2022 (As of 26 July 2022), 26 July 2022 “In 2022, displacement due to ongoing conflict reduced and natural disasters is continuing to drive humanitarian needs in Afghanistan. Almost 7.4K people have left their homes this year due to fighting. In addition to this, close
to 508.6K people have returned from neighboring countries to Afghanistan so far this year including 462.3K from
Iran, and 46.3K from Pakistan”.
Tolo News, Ministry: 2,000 Displaced Families to Return to Provinces, 27 July 2022
“Ministry of Repatriation and Refugees officials said two thousand displaced people will be returned to their provinces in cooperation with the United Nations. Ahmad Ullah Hashemi, acting chief of the refugees' department of Kabul, made the announcement. “228 families are going this week on Wednesday, and we have plans to transfer 2,000 families to their provinces,” said Hashemi. “We share lists of these displaced people with our provincial zones and after evaluations, $400 will be given to the needy and issues of housing, food aid and
temporary shelter have been considered for them,” said Muhammad Arif Sadiqi, a representative of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Meanwhile, some displaced people said they are worried about homelessness and unemployment.
“In Faryab, there is no work and there is high poverty--now they transfer us, but I don’t know what will happen,”
said Fatana, a displaced person. They called for long-term support from aid agencies.
“We ask for long-term assistance, now they give us $200 dollars--half of that will be spent on the way, and a sack of flour and oil is not enough for us,” said Mohib Ulla, a displaced person. According to statements
by Repatriation and Refugees officials, currently more than three million internally displaced people have come to
the capital because of war and draught.”
CARE, Afghanistan: Humanitarian needs worsening due to insecurity, drought and COVID-19, Undated
“Insecurity- (…) As of mid-July, the country had a total of 3.5 million internally displaced people (IDPs). (…) Needs will worsen as winter approaches, with displaced families having to cope with freezing temperatures and snowfall. Communities hosting IDPs also face challenges as they struggle to accommodate the influx of new arrivals, as well as deal with the impact of worsening drought and COVID-19.
Drought- (…) Afghanistan has been pushed deeper into an already dire food security crisis, with At least 11 million people – more than a quarter of the population – experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity due to ongoing drought, as well as conflict, COVID-19, high food prices and rampant unemployment. Urgent action is required to save lives, reduce food shortages and protect livelihoods. Women and girls are particularly hard hit: Recent CARE research shows women are disproportionately affected by food insecurity. (…) Gender-based violence and child, early and forced marriages have increased since the drought began.
(…) The combined effects of these challenges are gravely affecting people throughout the country, particularly women and girls. According to Marianne O’Grady, CARE Afghanistan’s deputy country director: “The triple crisis of the economic hardship created by the pandemic, the drought and the current insecurity leaves women in an incredibly difficult situation. Hard-won gains by women and girls are being rolled back.”
Tolo News, Ministry: 2,000 Displaced Families to Return to Provinces, 27 July 2022
“Ministry of Repatriation and Refugees officials said two thousand displaced people will be returned to their provinces in cooperation with the United Nations.
[…] ‘We share lists of these displaced people with our provincial zones and after evaluations, $400 will be given to the needy and issues of housing, food aid and temporary shelter have been considered for them,’ said Muhammad Arif Sadiqi, a representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Meanwhile, some displaced people said they are worried about homelessness and unemployment.
[…] According to statements by Repatriation and Refugees officials, currently more than three million internally
displaced people have come to the capital because of war and draught.”
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) (Afghanistan) Afghanistan: Snapshot of Population Movements, January to July 2022 (As of 26 July 2022) 26 July 2022
“In 2022, displacement due to ongoing conflict reduced and natural disasters is continuing to drive humanitarian
needs in Afghanistan. Almost 7.4K people have left their homes this year due to fighting. In addition to this, close
to 508.6K people have returned from neighboring countries to Afghanistan so far this year including 462.3K from
Iran, and 46.3K from Pakistan.”
Tolo News, Over 700 Panjshir Families Displaced to Parwan, 20 July 2022
“More than 700 families have been displaced, due to security incidents, from Panjshir to Parwan, officials at the refugee and repatriations department of Parwan said. The officials further said that the department is planning to provide families with cash assistance. “748 families were displaced from Panjshir to Parwan province. They left their houses due to conflict,” said Faraidoon Noori, an official at the department. Meanwhile, local officials of Panjshir province confirmed the arrival of the families, saying that a precise number of displaced families is not
available. Panjshir officials pledged to seek ways for the displaced families to return to their homes. “The refugees and repatriation department is considering providing assistance with the families who sustained damages,” said Nasrullah Malekzadah, head of information and culture of Panjshir.”
DRC, The World Lives on Hope – Crisis and Survival in Rural Afghanistan, July 2022
“In 2021, many rural communities across Afghanistan were affected by intensifying conflict as the IEA launched a renewed offensive to capitalize on the international troop withdrawal. Two-thirds of districts assessed by DRC had sustained damage to houses and other critical infrastructure such as bazaars, roads, schools, and clinics during this period, with homes often comprehensively looted, with between two-thirds and one-half of the population
displaced, usually to the nearest city.”
Norwegian Refugee Council (Afghanistan), Afghanistan: Devastating Earthquake Exacerbates Dire Humanitarian Crisis, 22 June 2022
"Last year 1.3 million people have been internally displaced nationwide. This is an unprecedentedly high number, due to a combination of conflict and natural disasters […]”
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) (Afghanistan), End violence and serious human rights violations against Afghan refugees, 20 June 2022
"Today, over six million Afghans have been driven out of their homes and their country by conflict, violence and poverty. Of those, 3.5 million are displaced within Afghanistan, with 2.6 million Afghan refugees living in other countries. These numbers have been exacerbated by the Taliban´s seizure of power in Afghanistan in August 2021 and the critical humanitarian crisis Afghanistan is facing today. The impact of the situation has been particularly devastating for women and children, who account for 80 % of newly displaced Afghans, as they face increased protection risks such as family separation, psychosocial stress and trauma, exploitation and gender-based violence."
Global Shelter Cluster, Afghanistan: ES-NFI Cluster HRP Dashboard [all regions] (as of May 2022), 15 June 2022
UNHCR, Afghanistan: UNHCR Operational update - April 2022, 8 June 2022
“The total number of IDPs due to conflict countrywide is now estimated at 3.5 million. […] Estimates of IDPs in Afghanistan are provided by OCHA. […] POPULATION OF CONCERN AS OF 30 APR 2022 […] IDP returnees
791,000*** […] ***IDP returnees are those who went back to their communities in 2021 (Source: UNHCR Rapid Assessment) […]”
OCHA Services: Humanitarian Response (Afghanistan), Afghanistan: Humanitarian Response Plan - Response Overview (1 January - 31 March 2022), 28 April 2022
"Between January and March 2022, humanitarian partners reached 18 million people with at least one form of humanitarian assistance, including …. 65,000 new IDPs. While this represents a broad reach in absolute terms, millions will require multiple rounds of assistance over the course of the year to survive."
US DOS, 2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Afghanistan, 12 April 2022
“Internal population movements continued because of armed conflict and natural disasters, including avalanches, flooding, and landslides. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) stated that widespread intense fighting between pre-August 15 government security forces and the Taliban between May and August forced approximately 250,000 citizens to flee their homes. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) estimated a total of 669,682 persons were displaced between January and December 19, of whom 2 percent were displaced following August 15. Most internally displaced persons (IDPs) left insecure rural areas and small towns to seek relatively greater safety and government services in larger towns and cities in the same province. UNHCR estimated that 158,000 displaced persons returned home since fighting subsided following the Taliban takeover in August. […] The Taliban’s “Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation Affairs” repatriated approximately 4,000 IDPs to their communities of origin, although the IOM estimated there were more than five million IDPs in the country. “Interim Minister” Khalil Haqqani told al-Jazeera that the Taliban had a plan to return all IDPs to their homes, assist in repairing damaged homes, and designate provincial support zones to assist
returnees.”
IOM, The People of Afghanistan Must Not be Forgotten: IOM Director General António Vitorino, 1 April 2022 “This is why, today, millions of Afghans are internally displaced, while thousands of people cross borders every week in both directions, seeking means to secure their futures. So many of them have exhausted their coping mechanisms. They are in dire need of life-saving protection, livelihood and recovery support.
Through our Comprehensive Action Plan for Afghanistan and neighboring countries, we, the International
Organization for Migration (IOM), are striving to assist the estimated 24 million people in need.”
UNOCHA, Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator
Martin Griffiths’ opening remarks at the High-level Pledging Event for Afghanistan, 31 March 2022
“Six out of 10 people in Afghanistan need humanitarian aid, among them almost 6 million people have been uprooted inside the country. They need food and healthcare but also livelihood support. The economy is too weak to sustain the lives of its people.”
Afghan Voice Agency, Six million Afghans are internally displaced: IOM, 13 March 2022
“The report reads that 1.3 million people were displaced internally merely in 2021. About the migrants, the report added that 4 million and 519 people left Afghanistan during the past 11 years. Has acknowledged that increasing and economic issues are the biggest reasons for people leaving Afghanistan and that most of the people cross borders into . It comes as the Ministry of and Repatriates of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has recently said that over half a million Afghans have returned from other countries, especially from and Iran.”
UNFPA, Traumatized by chaos and miscarriage, young mother finds a lifeline in the mobile health team, 7 March 2022
“Kandahar, Afghanistan - In the southern part of this province, internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Zhari district have to walk hours to reach health facilities. The situation has worsened since August 2021 when the Taliban took control of the country and development assistance halted, including a project that funded the operation of more than 2,000 public health facilities. Afghanistan has one of the highest maternal death rates in the Asia and the Pacific region at 638 deaths per 100,000 live births, and the situation is expected to get worse without timely and appropriate interventions for maternal health.”
IOM, Afghanistan — Baseline Mobility Assessment Summary Results (November—December 2021), 2 March 2022 “DTM [Displacement Tracking Matrix] teams assessed 13,187 communities across Afghanistan in November and December 2021 for Round 14 of the BMA assessment. DTM identified 5,832,454 individuals who displaced between 2012 and 2021 and remain in displacement. Over one fifth of those individuals (1,327,474 or 23%) displaced in 2021 as a result of conflict and natural disaster. [...] IOM Afghanistan deployed the Emergency Event Tracking (EET) assessment in September 2021 to track sudden internal displacement and population movements due to the rapid political transformations in 2021 and its consequences, including effects on the feasibility of data collection. [...] Three rounds of the EET assessment took place from September to December 2021. [...] covering 10,129 communities in 368 districts across all 34 provinces in Afghanistan. IOM identified 988,817 individuals who were displaced after the political changes in August 2021 and remained in displacement until the end of 2021. [...] In 2021, an unprecedentedly high number of individuals were displaced nationwide. [...] estimates, over 1.3 million Afghans fled their homes as IDPs in 2021. Sixty-two per cent of these IDPs displaced because of the conflict escalation due to international troop withdrawal over the summer months, which subsequently led to a rapid change of government. [...] 2021 saw a significant surge in out-migrants, increasing 122% compared to the previous year. The large increase in out-migrants is likely due to an intensifying environment of conflict accompanying the withdrawal of international troops and the change of government that occurred in the summer of 2021.”
Danish Refugee Council, Widowed and displaced with nine children, 17 February 2022
“Among the internally displaced in Southern Afghanistan are individuals and entire families who became homeless during the years of active conflict and more recently due to the escalation of fighting in the months leading up to rapid changes in power dynamics in August 2021. Female-headed households are particularly vulnerable and currently being targeted by DRC through direct protection and emergency aid assistance in Central, Western and Southern Regions of Afghanistan under the UN-led Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund (AHF).”
Humanitarian Response (Afghanistan) United Nations Office for the Coordination of HUmanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), Afghanistan: Snapshot of Population Movements (January 2022), 9 February 2022
“In 2022, displacement due to ongoing conflict and natural disasters is continuing to drive humanitarian needs in
Afghanistan. 63.2K people have returned from neighbouring countries to Afghanistan so far this year including
57.4K from Iran, and 5.8K from Pakistan.”
UNHCR, Afghanistan situation: Emergency preparedness and response in Iran, 8 February 2022
“702,724 people have been internally displaced in Afghanistan since the start of 2021, of which 21% are women
and 59% are children […]”
The Statesman, Displaced families sell children organs to survive, 16 January 2022
“Displaced families are selling children and organs to survive in war-ravaged Afghanistan under Taliban regime. The displaced families escaped heavy conflict between the Islamic Emirate and former government forces before the fall of the republican government in the northern provinces of Balkh, Sar-e-Pul, Faryab and Jawzjan, according to TOLO News. A charity committee is helping displaced families with food and cash aid in order to dissuade them from selling their children and kidneys. The price of a child is between 100,000 to 150,000 Afs and the price of one kidney is 150,000 to 220,000 Afs. The families are living in a camp in Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province. The families said that they were forced to make such decisions due to poverty, the economic problems in the country as well Covid-19 outbreak. Every family has around two to seven children and these families were helped by a charity committee to stop them from selling the kids and kidneys.”
TOLO News, IOM Raises Alarm About Millions of Displaced Afghans, 3 January 2022
“The International Organization for Migration (IOM) expressed concerns over the large number of displaced people in Afghanistan and said that there are “664,000 newly displaced by conflict in 2021.”
““There are now an estimated 5.5 million Internally Displaced Persons in Afghanistan (IDPs), including those living in protracted situations, and 664,000 newly displaced by conflict in 2021,” IOM said. “This is in addition to more than 924,744 undocumented Afghan returnees who returned from Iran and Pakistan between 1 January and the end of September, and the more than 2.2. million refugees and 3.5 million undocumented Afghan nationals already in neighboring countries, primarily Iran and Pakistan.””
ReliefWeb, UNHCR Regional Bureau for Asia and Pacific (RBAP): Flash External Update: Afghanistan Situation #12,
As of 15 December 2021 (two-week period), 22 December 2021
“KEY DISPLACEMENT FIGURES
“3.4M: Estimated internally displaced persons (IDPs) by conflict within Afghanistan as of 1 December 2021 “682,031: Estimated total conflict induced IDPs within Afghanistan since 1 January 2021
“72,481: Refugees and asylum-seekers in Afghanistan as of 8 December 2021
“2.2M: Refugees and asylum-seekers from Afghanistan in neighboring countries as of 31 December 2020
“112,520: Reported newly arrived Afghans in need of international protection to neighbouring countries since 1 January 2021 […]”
OCHA, Afghanistan Humanitarian Needs and Planned Response 2022, 16 December 2021
UNHCR, Document - Afghanistan Situation External Update - 1 December 2021, 8 December 2021
“Out of nearly 669,000 people internally displaced (IDPs) in Afghanistan by conflict this year, an estimated 170,000
IDPs have returned to their previous places of origin since September, particularly as the security situation across the country has stabilized.”
“Following the record displacement of nearly 700,000 people in 2021, some 9.2 million IDPs and returnees remain in some form of displacement and need support for return where possible.”
TOLO News, 1000s of Displaced People Still Live in Kabul: Officials, 6 December 2021
“Officials at the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations (MoRR) said that there are still thousands of internally displaced and homeless people in Kabul which are in need of urgent basic humanitarian assistance.
They added that the ministry has so far relocated 4,000 internally displaced families to their home provinces.”
OCHA, Global Humanitarian Overview 2022 (Part Two), 2 December 2021
“Dand, Afghanistan. The 6,000 IDPs in Dand are some of the tens of thousands of people displaced from southern Afghanistan, forced to flee conflict in October last year. Many were farmers who were able to support themselves and their families before. But when they fled, they left behind their homes, land and livestock. Now they are internally displaced and living in tents with no access to their livelihoods.”
IFRC, Afghanistan: Worst drought and hunger crisis in decades, 2 December 2021
“Nearly 700,000 people have been internally displaced this year, joining some 3.5 million people already forced from their homes throughout the country, who all face a harsh winter, when temperatures can drop as low as -20C in some areas of Afghanistan.”
Gandhara, ‘No Reason To Stay’: Taliban Repression, Economic Collapse Accelerate Exodus From Afghanistan, 2 December 2021
“Babar Baloch, a spokesman for the United Nations Refugee Agency who recently toured Afghanistan, says that the number of Afghans in need of urgent assistance is soaring.
Baloch says some 5 million Afghans were already internally displaced due to war and severe drought before the Taliban takeover. Since then, he says, the number of Afghans dependent on food aid has risen to 23 million from 18 million.
“The sense of desperation and sense of destitution is increasing by the day,” he told RFE/RL.”
UNFPA, Press Release: Prioritise needs of women and girls in Afghanistan, 1 December 2021
“According to UNOCHA, nearly 80 percent of the 670,000 internally displaced people in Afghanistan as of mid- November are women and children who are being disproportionately affected as catastrophe looms in the country.”
Humanitarian Response (Afghanistan)(UNOCHA), Afghanistan Weekly Humanitarian Update (15-21 November 2021), 26 November 2021
“Inter-agency joint assessment teams identified 3,973 vulnerable people including IDPs to receive humanitarian aid in the coming days in Farah and Hirat provinces […]”
Khaama Press, Conflicts in Afghanistan leaves over half a million internally displaced in 2021: Report, 26 November 2021
“According to a newly released report by the UN IOM, over half a million people in Afghanistan have been internally displaced as a result of conflicts and insecurity in 2021. The report which has been conducted between 11-21 November 2021, has found that only 667,900 people have been internally displaced between January 1 and November 21. The report has also identified the number of refugees who have been returned back to Afghanistan during the current year from Pakistan and Iran. Over 1.146 million undocumented Afghan refugees have been returned from Iran and Pakistan during the year 2021, the majority of whom have returned from Iran. This comes as, on the other hand, hundreds of thousands of Afghans have also emigrated to Iran, Pakistan, Turkey, India, Europe, England, US, and Canada in the last 100 days, since the Taliban took over Afghanistan by force.”
Operational Data portal, UNHCR) (Afghanistan), Afghanistan situation: Emergency preparedness and response in Iran, 25 November 2021
“667,938 people have been internally displaced in Afghanistan in 2021. Of the internally displaced people, 21% are women and 59% are children.”
Pajhwok Afghan News, 10,000 displaced families still living in Kabul, 24 November 2021
“The Department of Refugees and Repatriation says it has so far repatriated more than 5,000 displaced families, but 10,000 other still remain in Kabul.
Maulvi Abdul Matin Rahimzai, director of refugee affairs in Kabul, told Pajhwok on Tuesday efforts were being
made to provide clothing and food to displaced families during the winter.”
UN OCHA, Afghanistan: Weekly Humanitarian Update (1 – 7 November 2021), 11 November 2021
“IDPs IN 2021 (AS OF 7 NOVEMBER)
682,891 People displaced by conflict (verified)”
TOLO News, Displaced Families Transferred From Kabul, 28 October 2021
“Thousands of people were displaced as fighting between the forces of the Islamic Emirate and the former
government escalated.
More than 2,500 displaced families were transferred from Kabul back to their home-provinces, the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said on Thursday.
The head of the Kabul refugee department, Abdul Matin Rahimzai, said that the evacuation process would continue.
“We have evacuated 2,500 displaced families from Kabul. Today we are evacuating 450 families from Kunduz and some of the other provinces,” he added.
The UN said earlier that many of these families were incapable of going back to their home areas due to financial problems.
“We and around 75 families were displaced from Ghor to Shahar-e-Naw camp. We haven’t received any aid from any organization,” said Ghulam Jailani, a displaced person.
Thousands of displaced families are struggling with severe challenges in the capital city of Kabul.
“We haven’t seen anything good but cold weather, exhaustion and poverty,” said Abdul Samad, a displaced
person.
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), nearly 700,000 people were
displaced between January and September 2021.”
UNHCR, UNHCR Iran: Afghanistan Situation Update, 26 October 2021
“677,832 people have been internally displaced in Afghanistan […]”
IPC, Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, Afghanistan: Acute Food Insecurity Situation September -
October 2021 and Projection for November 2021 - March 2022, 25 October 2021
“Displacement continues to drive food insecurity. From January to September 2021, around 664,200 people were displaced due to intensified conflict and livelihood-related factors. Most of the people were diplaced to provincial urban centres, regional capitals and Kabul, which has exacerbated the already oversaturated labour market and placed further pressure on limited facilities in those areas. Due to prolonged conflict and droughts, the country already had 3.5 million prolonged IDPs in December 2020. The 2021 SFSA found that 9% of randomly selected
respondents were IDPs. This indicates that the actual number of displaced people could be higher than estimated.”
OCHA, Afghanistan: Snapshot of Population Movements, January - September 2021, 22 October 2021
“In 2021, displacement due to ongoing conflict and natural disasters is continuing to drive humanitarian needs in Afghanistan. Almost 677,000 people have left their homes this year due to fighting. Many of these people remain displaced across the country, as conflict and poverty prevent them from returning to their areas of origin [...] Same period previous years
2020: 308,000 new IDPs
2019: 392,000 new IDPs [...]
20% adult male 21% adult female 59% children under 18”
OCHA, Afghanistan, ICCT Real-Time Response Overview Situation Report (21 October 2021) - Afghanistan, 21 October 2021
“KEY FIGURES IDPs IN 2021 (AS OF 17 OCTOBER)
677,832 People displaced by conflict (verified)
312,182 Received assistance”
UNHCR, UNHCR Iran: Afghanistan Situation Update, 18 October 2021
“677,832 people have been internally displaced in Afghanistan in 2021.”
AVA Press, IDPs appeal for urgent help ahead of winter, 30 September 2021
“Meanwhile, Amnesty International stated that over 5 million internally are in dire need of support amidst the
escalating crisis in Afghanistan.
“The international community must ensure continues unabated to Afghanistan, the organization tweeted.
The Ministry of `Refugees, however, stated that the number of IDPs is lower than what Amnesty International has reported.
The Ministry said around one million Afghans have been displaced, adding that aid would be provided to all displaced people.
, the acting deputy minister of refugees stated: “Consultations have been made with as many as 30 organizations, issues of transportation have been considered for them (IDPs), for where they must go [to live], food and cash and we have also discussed the issue of those who don’t have shelter and whose houses have been destroyed.””
IOM DMT Emergency Event Tracking Report - covering 1-27 September 2021, 29 September 2021
[CFPs = Community Focal Points]
UNHCR, Afghanistan situation: Emergency preparedness and response in Iran, 27 September 2021
“663,969 people have been internally displaced in Afghanistan since the start of 2021, of which 80% are women and children […]”
Thomson Reuters Foundation News, No Afghan refugee exodus yet but 'massive displacement' possible -U.N. refugee agency, 10 September 2021
“Half a million people had been displaced within Afghanistan in recent months, U.N. High Commissioner for
Refugees Filippo Grandi said, a number which would grow if health services, schools and the economy break down.
Grandi told Reuters. "What we continue to see is a very dramatic phenomenon of internal displacement."”
International Organisation for Migration, Displacement Tracking Matrix Afghanistan — Emergency Event Tracking (1 - 7 September 2021), 10 September 2021
“Key Informants in Helmand, Baghlan and Kabul most frequently reported an increase of IDP arrivals in their communities. Communities in Baghlan and Kabul, in addition to Kapisa, also reportedly experienced an increase in departures more frequently than communities assessed in other provinces.”
ACAPS, Afghanistan - Conflict-Driven Displacement, 3 September 2021
“Since 16 August, fighting between the Taliban and Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) in villages of Khanabad district along the Kunduz-Khanabad highway, Imam Sahib district, and Kunduz city, all in Kunduz province (OCHA 27/08/2020), displaced approximately 64,000 people within these areas; approximately 28,000 were identified in assessments as requiring immediate lifesaving assistance. [...] Assessments from mid-August indicated that a high proportion of IDPs did not want to return to their areas of origin, fearing continued fighting (OCHA 25/08/2020). However close to 13,000 of the IDPs have returned to their homes in Khanabad district, where their needs will be assessed. Returnees are exposed to violence, IEDs, and mines on their return journeys […]”
International Crisis Group, Afghanistan’s Growing Humanitarian Crisis, 2 September 2021
“Violence, Displacement, Food Insecurity and Deteriorating Essential Services
Unprecedented numbers of civilians were killed and injured in the early months of 2021 and at least 560,000 people were displaced, including nearly 120,000 fleeing to Kabul as they sought refuge from Taliban advances. Those numbers represent the worst-ever period in what for some years has been the world’s deadliest conflict. The count of displaced people in Afghanistan over the last seven months was twice the monthly average in the last five years, and the figures are expected to grow as aid agencies’ accounting catches up with the scale of the crisis. Some 80 per cent of those fleeing violence since the end of May have been women and children. Thousands of displaced people in Kabul have been sleeping in the open air, and only a minuscule portion of them escaped during the international airlift that ended on 30 August.”