Reports

Executive Summary The complex and protracted humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan affects persons of all genders, at-risk and marginalized groups differently. Women and girls are disproportionately affected because of gender-specific restrictions that directly impact their ability to realize…

KABUL, 22 December, 2022 - On behalf of 183 national and international NGO member organizations operating in Afghanistan, Agency Coordinating Body for Afghan Relief and Development (ACBAR) condemns the announcement on 20th December by the Ministry…

GENEVA (21 December 2022) -- UN experts* today condemned in the strongest terms the latest decision of the Taliban that excludes women and girls from universities, a further violation of their human rights and the application…

21 December 2022 - Following the news that the Taliban have announced a ban on female students attending university in Afghanistan, Shaheen Chughtai, acting Regional Director for Asia at Save the Children, said: "Suspending university classes for…

9227TH MEETING (AM) SC/15153 Delegate Warns Isolation Will Only Push Taliban into More Extreme Positions Spotlighting the Taliban’s continued suppression of media and civil society, the senior United Nations official in Afghanistan told the Security Council today that all…

LONDON/GENEVA, 20 December, 2022 - The number of children needing humanitarian assistance rose more than 20% this year to 149 million, with Afghanistan then the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) most severely impacted, according to a…

1. Afghanistan is one of the world's largest and most severe humanitarian crises Afghanistan is on a cliff edge. A record 28.3 million people -- some two thirds of the population -- will require humanitarian and protection…

Reporting Period: 1 – 30 November 2022 Highlights UNICEF’s winter response is ongoing with the continued prepositioning of lifesaving supplies for health facilities including 34,000 newborn baby kits and heating materials. The restrictions on women by the de facto…

AOAV applauds the fact that UK ministers have announced an inquiry into allegations SAS soldiers murdered scores of unarmed people during night raids in Afghanistan On the 15 December 2022, UK Defence minister Andrew Murrison declared that…

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) calls on the Taliban authorities to halt further evictions of internally displaced people (IDPs) from settlements across Afghanistan, until they have found sustainable alternatives. "In the midst of another harsh Afghan winter…