Reports

KEY FINDINGS Households in both rural (Qarabagh) and urban areas of Kabul (nahiya 5) struggled to meet their basic needs because of the dismal economic situation and dysfunctional financial system affecting the country since the political transition…

Highlights for May 2023 • WHO and Health Cluster partners served over 1.4M people in the 1,018 health facilities. • WHO, through its 222 supported primary health facilities in underserved areas across the country, was able to assist…

Reporting Period: 1–30 April 2023 Highlights Despite a challenging operational environment, UNICEF supported 573,388 children (59% girls) with education services through 17,856 community-based education classes in 30 provinces. 617,919 children and caregivers, including 882 children with disabilities, were…

Atrocity Alert is a weekly publication by the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect highlighting situations where populations are at risk of, or are enduring, mass atrocity crimes. OLDER PERSONS AT HEIGHTENED RISK AS INDISCRIMINATE ATTACKS…

After more than 40 years of armed conflict, natural disasters, and epidemics, Afghan people today face a new phase in a grinding humanitarian crisis. When the Taliban took control of Kabul on August 15, 2021, foreign…

Introduction Overview UNFPA has been implementing programming for women and girls through Women Friendly Health Spaces (WFHSs), which provide access to critical services, information and support. The WFHS is providing: psychosocial counseling services; awareness raising sessions on PSS…

Since their return to power in August 2021, the Taleban have enacted successive laws and orders which apply to women and girls, but not to men and boys. Earlier this month, United Nations experts reported their…

AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN’S TREATMENT OF WOMEN AND GIRLS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED AS THE CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY OF GENDER PERSECUTION The Taliban’s severe restrictions and unlawful crackdown on women and girls’ rights should be investigated as possible crimes under…

HIGHLIGHTS The Taliban extends ban on Afghan women working to the UN Pg. 01 Funding and a conducive operating environment are urgently needed to avert a large-scale humanitarian catastrophe Pg. 02 Humanitarian Community Warns of Immediate Funding Gaps in excess of…

The fall of Afghanistan to Taliban rule in August 2021 continues to contribute to the deterioration of the rights and freedoms of Afghan women and girls1 . Existing limitations on their freedom of movement and access…