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Source: IRIN The Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) says about 500 families in Helmand Province have been temporarily forced out of their homes following recent military operations there by Afghan government and NATO forces.

Date: 11 Aug 2010
Source: Integrated Regional Information Networks

July 28, 2010: "e;Flash floods killed over 20 people and destroyed dozens of houses in different parts of Afghanistan on 26-27 July, according to the Afghanistan National Disasters Management Authority (ANDMA). The northeastern Kapisa and the eastern ...

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - Switzerland Heavy flooding in conflict-affected northern and western Afghanistan has forced thousands to flee their homes and seek shelter elsewhere. The ICRC and the Afghan Red Crescent provided emergency aid for over 40,000 people – many of them in dangerous or remote areas – in May and June.

Medair - Switzerland Medair responds swiftly with essential aid from pre-positioned emergency supplies in Yawan district.

Date: 23 May 2010
Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees

May 6, 2010: "e; Flood,Afghanistan: Rainfall and torrential flooding in western province of Herat has devastated many areas, killing some 14 people, including seven children, injuring 30 others, damaging more than 250 houses and destroying around 300 ...

Source: IRIN The spokesman of the governor of Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan has clashed with local aid workers and the provincial refugee department over displaced people from the town of Marjah two months after a NATO and Afghan government operation to clear the area of insurgents.

Date: 03 May 2010
Source: Integrated Regional Information Networks

Source: UNHCR After decades in Pakistan, 22,000 Afghans have gone home with UNHCR help in just the last month.

Source: IRIN Mir Ahmad has decided to leave for Pakistan ahead of a much-heralded pro-government Afghan and foreign forces offensive against Taliban insurgents in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar.

Source: IRIN Over a month since pro-government Afghan and foreign forces retook Nad Ali District, including the town of Marjah, in the southern province of Helmand from Taliban insurgents, thousands of the displaced are yet to return to their homes, according to aid agencies.

Date: 15 Mar 2010
Source: Reuters - AlertNet

Date: 22 Feb 2010
Source: Integrated Regional Information Networks

Source: IRIN The number of those displaced by a major anti-Taliban military operation in Nad Ali District, Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, has more than doubled over the past four days, according to the provincial authorities.

KABUL Monday, February 15, 2010 (IRIN) - The recent Salang pass avalanche disaster in northern Afghanistan in which 175 people were killed and dozens injured is prompting questions about the extent to which it could have been avoided or mitigated.

Date: 18 Jan 2010
Source: UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan

Source: IRIN The number of Afghan refugees who returned home from Pakistan and Iran in 2009 has dropped to the lowest level since 2002, according to the government and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).

Date: 22 Dec 2009
Source: Norwegian Refugee Council

Date: 15 Dec 2009
Source: UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan