Attacks against NGOs by armed opposition have remained stable and low throughout the Q1 (p.3), although the overall level of incidents, including criminal acts, has grown by 38%. The criminal sector saw an increase of 50% (p.4) with attacks by AOG increasing by a lower rate of 29% (or just four actual attacks). A total of seven persons have been killed, comparable to eight at Q1 2010, all by small arms fire either as a result of deliberate intent (mostly criminal), a personal dispute or collaterally in attacks on other targets (p.5). The percentage of total attacks occurring in the North East has jumped from 12% in 2010 to 22% this year with a spike of incidents (mostly criminal) recently in Badakhshan; notably one of the provinces slated for early transition;. The number of attacks occurring in the East has similarly jumped from 20% to 25%, mostly as a result of a sharply deteriorating Nangarhar province. Kinetic attacks against NGOs have included improvised explosive devices (5), rocket strikes (1), small arms fire (8) and armed robberies (6). In addition there have been four cases of abduction, involving seven actual persons, all but one of which have been resolved to date. Abduction rates also remain consistent with 2010, which, coincidentally, also saw eight in the Q1.