Half of the population of Afghanistan is in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. Facing a multifaceted crisis marked by decades of conflict, displacement, poverty and widespread food insecurity, the situation is compounded by repeated climate shocks and in recent months, declining international support.
Following four decades of conflict and turmoil, Afghanistan is facing a deep and ongoing crisis from repeated climate shocks, cross-border displacement, underdevelopment and waning international support, leaving 22.9 million people in urgent need. Among them are 5.7 million women and 5 million men facing acute vulnerabilities. Increasingly harsh restrictions imposed by the de facto authorities on the rights of Afghan women and girls under the Law on the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice have worsened existing vulnerabilities and heightened risks for those already bearing the brunt of the crisis. This includes rising rates of child marriage, gender-based violence and child labor.
Almost halfway into 2025, the Afghanistan Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan is just 18% funded, disrupting aid delivery to millions of people across the country, including women and girls, displaced communities, children, returnees, refugees and other vulnerable and marginalized groups.
Over 420 health facilities have closed, denying access to primary health care to three million people, while nearly 300 nutrition sites have shut, cutting off lifesaving treatment for 80,000 malnourished children and mothers.
In the protection sector, 216 gender-based violence and service delivery points have been suspended, leaving one million women and girls without support, while services for 3.3 million people, including children and persons with disabilities, are no longer available. WASH and shelter interventions have also stalled, while emergency food assistance will be limited to just one million people between May and October 2025, leaving five million people empty-handed.
Afghanistan is also facing more frequent and intense climate-related disasters, especially flash floods. These floods used to happen mainly in spring but now they strike all year round due to changing weather patterns and climate change, destroying homes, taking lives, devastating sources of income, ruining livelihoods–food stocks, livestock, and household essentials–and worsening an already serious humanitarian crisis.
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