Assessments and Analysis

Key Messages • While secondary data sources recorded conflict events primarily in Paktya, Khost, and Nangarhar, a substantial proportion of key informants (KIs) in Kunar (24%) and in several settlements in Kandahar (2%) reported their communities experienced…

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…

Key Messages Emergency (IPC Phase 4) outcomes are expected to continue through April in Faryab, Ghor, and Daykundi, driven by the combined impacts of drought, weak economic conditions, and limited income-earning opportunities. As the lean season persists…

Key Messages Below-average cumulative precipitation during the rainy season (October 1, 2025, through March 25, 2026) conditions are seen in most parts of the country. Average to above-average cumulative precipitation conditions exist in some isolated places in…

Major legislative, security-related, and humanitarian developments 1. Legislative developments On 4 January 2026, the de facto government issued a ‘Criminal Procedure Code for Courts’. There was no public announcement of the new code. 1 The Afghan human rights…

Unaffordable food, not scarcity, driving child hunger across the Middle East and Eastern Europe, new World Vision brief finds 27 March 2026 – Hunger across parts of the Middle East and Eastern Europe is increasingly driven by…

Overview Afghanistan, a country deeply impacted by decades of conflict, has seen widespread displacement, affecting millions of its citizens. The ongoing instability and economic hardships have led to internal displacement and the mass return of Afghan nationals…