HIGHLIGHTS
Rapid security risk and needs assessment activities postponed following a 20 Oct. rocket attack on the Sar-e Dawra area of Kunduz.
Focus on Kunduz increasing as access and security improve and displaced families return, though concerns about security remain.
Efforts underway to scale up humanitarian presence in Kunduz city, with the aim of meeting the needs both of those inside the city and the displaced while supporting voluntary returns within the capacity of existing services in Kunduz.
Estimates of displaced remain highly fluid with reports of increasing volumes 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.