Last updated: August 2010
Data summaries:
Source: ANSO Quarterly Data Report (Q.2 2010), The Afghanistan NGO Safety Office, July 2010
2010
- "NGO incidents have been predictably concentrated in the North/North East (42%) this year mostly as a result of the flurry of Armed Opposition Group (AOG) activity in Faryab where Al-Qaeda inspired factions took issue with female education. Abductions have centered on the insecure sectors of Highway 1 still used by NGOs (Wardak/Ghazni) although just out of the reporting period we also see a spike of abductoins in Baghlan (enroute to Kunduz)." ANSO Quarterly Data Report (Q.2 2010), The Afghanistan NGO Safety Office, July 2010
- "Humanitarian organizations, including ICRC, currently have less access to IDPs in conflict-affected areas than at any time in the past 28 years. In 2008 alone, 38 aid workers, mostly Afghan NGO staff, were killed by insurgents, who increasingly perceive humanitarian organizations as being aligned with military and political interests. Seventy-nine southern districts, out of a total of 376, are currently inaccessible to aid workers, impeding both the collection of accurate information on the numbers of displaced and efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to those in need. That traditional aid groups are now viewed as legitimate targets by insurgents has much to do with the blurring of lines between political-military and humanitarian-development actors, especially PRTs and the for profit development contractors who implement for PRTs." Beyond the Blanket: Towards More Effective Protection for IDPs in Southern Afghanistan, Brookings Institution, May 2010
- "Ongoing direct intimidation and abduction of national staff working for the aid community continue to hamper programme delivery on the ground. As a result of close cooperation between the Ministry of Interior and local community elders, the five Afghan United Nations staff members abducted on 15 April in Baghlan Province were released and safely returned to their families on 18 May." Report of the Secretary-General pursuant to paragraph 40 of resolution 1917 (2010) (S/2010/318), United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), June 2010
2009
- "While it seems that neutrality affords NGOs with some protection in AOG controlled zones, NGOs are still very vulnerable in new or emerging conflict areas where the situation often deteriorates faster than they can adapt. This year, NGO suffered 3 times more serious incidents and 5 times more fatalities in new conflict zones than in the areas dominated by one party, either GoA or AOG." ANSO Quarterly Data Report (Q.4 2009), Afghanistan NGO Safety Office (ANSO), 31 December 2009
- "On average, the insurgents assassinated nine people per week in the third quarter of 2009, one of whom on average was a community leader. The continuing high rate of direct intimidation of national staff working for the aid community, including the United Nations, continued to pose obstacles to programme delivery." The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security (S/2009/674), United Nations Report of the Secretary General, 28 December 2009
- "Southern Afghanistan has long been a no-go zone for most NGOs, but concerns are now also being raised about the deteriorating security situation in the north: Insurgency-related activities and violent crime have reportedly increased in Kunduz, Balkh and Baghlan provinces previously considered peaceful.
"Large swathes of Afghanistan have been inaccessible to the UN and most other international aid agencies because of insecurity and threats to aid workers. From January to 15 September 2009 at least 99 security incidents involving NGOs had been reported in 27 of the country’s 34 provinces, according to the Afghanistan NGOs Safety Office." Afghanistan: NGOs worried about security in north, IRIN News, 1 October 2009
2008
"Owing to insecure conditions, United Nations agencies are unable to operate in 78 districts in the south of the country. United Nations road missions to almost all districts in the south have been suspended for several months." - Report: Report of the Secretary-General (A/62/722- S/2008/159) March 2008
2007
- Map: UN Department of Security and Safety (May 2007)
- Map: McClatchy Newspapers (May 2007)
- Map: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (September 2007)
- Map: London Times (5 December 2007)
