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Local Response
The Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) is the primary national disaster organization that has created protocols and procedures to coordinate and manage disaster-related "mitigation, preparedness, and responses" through local and national services. It is authorized as the central agency for all disaster-related interventions in the country, with Directorates in all 34 provinces of Afghanistan implementing "government-led federal and provincial coordination mechanisms". Afghanistan's development strategy incorporates ANDMA's mission to minimize all disasters' consequences to achieve their national development goals.

Reports on August 29, 2020, suggested 2,049 households were affected by the floods. ANDMA, with the collaboration of Joint Assessment Teams, confirmed 1,876 families in need of humanitarian assistance in the provinces of Parwan, Wardak, Kapisa, Logar, Kabul, Nuristan, Kunar, Laghman, and Nangarhar. The joint assessments identified the number of casualties and impact on agricultural land and public infrastructure. And in provinces like Kabul, they distributed one-month food supplies to the families affected. Furthermore, ANDMA cooperated and worked effectively with other humanitarian partners to ensure effective responses on their end.

With Parwan being the most severely impacted province with 500 damaged homes and 300-400 families displaced, the Afghan Ministry of Defense deployed its army to clear roads and carry rescue operations. Afghan security forces also joined NATO to remove debris, lead rescue searches, and distribute aid. The Parwan Provincial authorities launched food, water, and warm clothes distribution while using schools to provide temporary shelter. They used resources from the Public Works Department to transport injured people to Kabul and Parwan Hospitals.

Covid-19 measures were impossible for displaced families to follow and exacerbated the environment for already vulnerable people. Despite local rescue and responses to flood disasters, thousands of buildings in Afghanistan are located in areas near rivers. They are prone to dangerous floods without the proper flood mitigation protocols in place.