In Numbers:

One million people are now on the move within Afghanistan.

WFP aims to reach:

163,000 undocumented returnees (29% reached).

200,000 refugee returnees (support to begin in 2017).

150,000 internally displaced (45% reached).

35,000 refugees in Khost and Paktika (monthly caseload).

Highlights:

• WFP has initiated SCOPE biometric registration at the Pakistan border, and at the office of the Department of Refugees and Repatriation in Jalalabad city.
• WFP has begun piloting cash support in preparation for a broader move to cash in early 2017. WFP has already provided cash support to 810 vulnerable displaced families (IDPs) in Herat, Helmand, Kabul and Jalalabad.
• mVAM has revealed that returnees in Kunar province, eastern Afghanistan, found that returnees had diverse sources of income. Besides casual labour, they reported being engaged in small-scale farming or kitchen gardening.

Situation Update:

• WFP has launched SCOPE biometric data collection of returnees both at the border crossing and at the IOM transit centre in Torkham. SCOPE registration has just started at the office Department of Refugees and Repatriation in Jalalabad city, with the intention of expanding the registration points in areas with a high influx of returnees. A communications campaign will soon be launched so that beneficiaries know their entitlements, where to register for support, and to ensure that no-one is left behind.
• There are now one million people on the move in Afghanistan. UN OCHA has reported that over 485,500 Afghans have been displaced by conflict in 2016. For the first time, all 34 provinces in Afghanistan are hosting IDPs.