Afghanistan: Weekly Humanitarian Update (8 - 14 March 2021)
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South: Fighting continued with civilian casualties
During the reporting period, fighting between Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and a non-state armed group (NSAG) continued with reported airstrikes and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) detonations in Kandahar, Hilmand, Kandahar, Uruzgan and Zabul provinces.
In Kandahar province, fighting was reported in Arghandab, Panjwayi and Zheray and Maywand and some parts of Arghestan districts. On 9 March, the highway connecting Kandahar to Hilmand and to the western part of the country in the Hawzi Madad area in Zheray district is blocked and all traffic including ambulances diverted to other routes resulting in the interruption of regular public movements and placing people at increased threat of improvised explosive devices (IEDs).