Assessments and Analysis

04 March 2026 This note examines the food-security and market impacts of the Afghanistan-Pakistan conflict and border closures, and how the Iran crisis amplifies these pressures through energy, trade, and corridor risks. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In mid-October 2025, heavy clashes…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Ground-level evidence on returns and remittances Deportations are rising at the same time that humanitarian resources are tightening. Communities that relied on migration and remittances to bridge chronic poverty are now facing abrupt income loss, escalating…

Key highlights Rising national climate risk: In Round 3, 19 per cent of Afghanistan’s population lives in high‑risk communities, an increase from 16 per cent in Round 2, indicating a continued rise in overall climate vulnerability despite…

Synopsis (short abstract) This emergency agriculture support brief presents the results of the latest Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) round conducted in Afghanistan in September 2025. An estimated 1 725 250 agricultural households are in need of…

In November and December 2024, IOM DTM Afghanistan conducted the inaugural round of the Afghanistan Climate Vulnerability Assessment (ACVA), a nationwide community-level assessment programme designed in coordination with the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) to…

Key Messages Emergency (IPC Phase 4) outcomes are expected in Faryab, Ghor, and Daykundi provinces through April 2026, where poor households are completely market reliant with severely limited income, and weak purchasing power. The continued influx of…

This Gender Alert has been developed by Afghanistan’s Operational Gender Coordination Group, with the Regional Operational Coordination Group for the Eastern Region. This Gender Alert is based on preliminary updates, information and reports received from women’s…

“Today, by the grace of God, there is no war in our country, but other problems have replaced it, such as poverty, unemployment, returnees, and migration, as well as homelessness because of floods, and people are…

Background and Issues In August 2021, shocking footage circulated widely through global media. On the runway of Kabul International Airport, what appeared to be a large military transport aircraft was preparing for takeoff as hundreds of people…

Summary of Crisis and Key Findings Afghanistan faces a harsh winter at a moment of heightened vulnerability and escalating humanitarian need. After multiple years of compounding shocks, families have exhausted nearly every option they once relied on…