South Region (Re-)integration Needs Assessment and Analysis Report

This page hosts a consolidated regional report and five complementary district-level assessments covering Kandahar, Daman, Lashkargah, Nahri-Saraj, and Zaranj. Based on 258 key informant interviews and 183 focus group discussions conducted between February – April 2026. The assessments establish a shared evidence base for area-based (re)integration programming across the South Region.

The findings reveal that sustainable return and local integration are constrained by mutually reinforcing deficits in livelihoods, housing, WASH, food security, health, education, civil documentation, protection, and infrastructure. Livelihood insecurity emerges as the principal transmission channel across sectors, with debt acting as a structural feature of household survival. The analysis supports a differentiated, whole-of-community approach that combines targeted support for the most excluded households—including returnees, female-headed households, and renters in precarious accommodation arrangements—with district-wide enabling investments. Social cohesion remains a significant asset, but material pressures risk eroding it if needs are not addressed transparently and inclusively.

These reports are intended to guide regional planning, partner coordination, and donor engagement. They complement the Composite Vulnerability Index (CVI) by identifying intra-district disparities and specific locations where multiple deprivations overlap most severely. For detailed findings, methodology, and location-specific priority packages, please contact Durable Solutions Secretariat to get districts reports. 

Documents available for download:

• South Region (Re-)integration Needs Assessment and Analysis – Consolidated Report (June 2026)

For further information contact Durable Solutions Secretariat at the Integrated Office of the DSRSG/RC/HC:

• (Ms) Farhana Stocker, Senior UN Solutions Adviser at fstocker@unicef.org
• (Mr) Mohammad Khalid Khalid, Durable Solutions Coordination Officer at mohammad.khalid@un.org