Highlights
• Reports of continued calm and some restoration of services within Kunduz city centre, with reports of sporadic fighting continuing at a reduced level on the distant outskirts of the city.
• Water and electricity have been restored to the majority of the city, and Kunduz Regional Hospital is operational, but other basic services are sporadically unavailable due to damage from the conflict.
• Focus on Kunduz increasing as access and security improve and displaced families begin returning, though concerns about security remain.
• Efforts underway to scale up humanitarian presence in Kunduz city, with the aim of meeting needs both inside the city and for those remaining displaced while supporting voluntary returns within the capacity of existing services in Kunduz.
• Figures of displaced remain highly fluid with increasing reports of returns to Kunduz.
• Critical needs for the majority of IDPs are food and shelter, with NFI, health, WASH, and protection also key.
• Stocks of food, NFIs and medical supplies are in the region with additional shipments of needed supplies being prepared.
• Additional funding is required to the 2015 Humanitarian Response Plan, to replenish emergency stocks.