Emergency Situation Report #3 (FY 2001) [Jasper]

[barbara100 at jps.net]

Here, Jasper, I found a little something for you. And straight from the
Horse's mouth, so don't go giving me any leftist lip about it.

http://www.usaid.gov/hum_response/ofda/centralasia_sr3_fy01.html

Central Asia Region- Complex Emergency
Situation Report #3 (FY 2001)
October 2, 2001
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (USAID)
BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE (BHR)
OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA)

Situation Report #3a, Fiscal Year (FY 2001), October 2 , 2001

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Note: the last report, titled Afghanistan - Complex Emergency Situation
Report #2, was dated September 20, 2001.
Background

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Humanitarian prospects worsened sharply in Afghanistan in September 2001 due
to developments both inside and outside the country. Osama bin Laden, who
currently resides in Afghanistan under Taliban protection, is the leading
suspect in the September 11 terrorist attack against the United States.
Fears of a possible U.S. reprisal have triggered a population exodus from
major Afghan cities [talk about terror!], both towards other points in
Afghanistan and towards the country's borders. International staff of most
relief agencies [Jasper] have also withdrawn, leaving the status of relief
programs in question at a critical moment. In addition, even prior to the
September 11 there were signs that relations between the international
community and the Taliban were worsening significantly. These new
developments have added to an existing crisis of extensive displacement
stemming from civil conflict and a debilitating three-year drought.

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