Assessments and Analysis

Introduction The analysis provided in this report relies on data gathered through UNHCR’s protection monitoring tools. UNHCR’s Community Based Protection Monitoring (CBPM) interventions include household-level assessments, key informant interviews and focus group discussions (FGDs), aiming to collect…

HIGHLIGHTS During this reporting period, DTM teams have observed an increase of two per cent in returns compared to the last two weeks of October 2024. Cumulatively, from 15 September 2023, 770,964 individuals have returned to Afghanistan. Thirty-six…

Feedback and response systems allow UNHCR and partners to hear directly from refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), refugee and IDP returnees and host community members with a view to forming a real-time understanding of the protection…

KEY MESSAGES • Economic shocks remained the most reported event in 90% of the assessed settlements, reflecting ongoing vulnerability despite a slight decrease from 95% in June 2024 (HSM Round 7). These shocks were likely driven by…

Excerpt 2. Context The following Assessment Report Covers a Caseload of the Most Vulnerable families in remote and underserved communities from the Pachir Agam district of Nangarhar province. The most vulnerable, poorest, and marginality had a bad impact…

Key Messages Below-average precipitation conditions are expected across most parts of the country till December 5, 2024, except for near-average precipitation conditions in Badakhshan in the northeast (Figure 1). A mix of above- and below-average snow depth conditions…

Afghanistan: opium production remains 93 per cent below pre-drug ban levels, says UNODC Kabul/Vienna, 27 November 2024 Opium production in Afghanistan remains low for the second consecutive year, with production at 433 tons in 2024, confirmed new estimates…

Afghanistan: opium production remains 93 per cent below pre-drug ban levels, says UNODC Kabul/Vienna, 27 November 2024 Opium production in Afghanistan remains low for the second consecutive year, with production at 433 tons in 2024, confirmed new estimates…

Introduction Since taking power in August 2021, the Taliban have imposed ever-more extreme restrictions on human rights. The rights of women and girls have been especially affected: they have been barred from education beyond sixth grade and…

UN urges Afghanistan’s de facto authorities to protect media freedom KABUL/GENEVA - The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and UN Human Rights Office today published a report documenting increasing challenges faced by journalists, media workers and…