Reports

Overview The multi-sectoral Emergency Earthquake Appeal targets approximately 362,000 earthquake affected people across provinces in south eastern Afghanistan. A total of $110.3 million is urgently required to frontload life-saving response activities over the course of three months…

Up to half a million families in Afghanistan are now facing the prospect of homelessness following increasing pressure from the authorities to return internally displaced people to their areas of origin. Decades of conflict, droughts, political…

Pandemics have constituted challenging and recurrent episodes of humankind history. Major pandemics such as plagues, cholera, smallpox, tuberculosis and influenza have afflicted the health and well-being of millions, bringing societies and economies to their knees. The…

Afghanistan At least 362,000 people across Paktika and Khost provinces are in need of humanitarian assistance following the 5.9 magnitude earthquake that hit eastern Afghanistan on 22 June. More than 1,000 people died, and around 3,700 others…

The UNHCR earthquake response support mission led by its Assistant Representative for Protection arrived in Khost Province on 28 June. The mission which is reinforcing UNHCR presence on the ground will later travel to Paktika Province…

This is a summary of what was said by Mohamed Ayoya, UNICEF Representative to Afghanistan – to whom quoted text may be attributed - at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. GENEVA, 24…

CRISIS IN NUMBERS 24.4 million people, including 13 million children need humanitarian assistance (HRP 2022) 19.7 million people (9.6 million children), are facing acute food insecurity between March and May (March-November 2022-IPC) 18.9 million people (9.2 million children) are…

In Numbers 18.9 million people – nearly half of the population – are estimated to be acutely food insecure between June-November 2022 4.7 million children, pregnant and lactating women at risk of acute malnutrition in 2022; 3.9 million…

KEY HIGHLIGHTS On 22 June 2022, a powerful earthquake of 6.1 magnitude occurred in remote parts of southeastern Afghanistan, with the provinces of Paktika and Khost being most affected. Hundreds of people have been confirmed dead, hundreds…

Situation On 22 June 2022, a 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit the southeast region of Afghanistan. The epicentre was in the province of Paktika. Khost province is also impacted by the earthquake that was felt throughout Afghanistan and…