Informes

A. SITUATION ANALYSIS Description of the crisis On August 31, 2025, a 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck southeastern Afghanistan near Jalalabad, approximately 30 km from Momand Dara (Nangarhar) and Nurgal (Kunar). The earthquake caused significant shaking across Kunar and Nangarhar,…

KEY HIGHLIGHTS Key Economic Developments • Afghanistan’s economic environment remains fragile amid persistent regional trade disruptions, climate-related shocks, declining humanitarian aid, and continued large-scale returnee inflows. While modest economic recovery has continued, supported by domestic consumption, agriculture, and…

Description of the Event Date of event 01-09-2025 What happened, where and when? On 31 August 2025, a 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck southeastern Afghanistan near Jalalabad, approximately 30 km from Momand Dara (Nangarhar) and Nurgal (Kunar). The earthquake caused significant shaking…

KABUL, Afghanistan – Mothers and children in Afghanistan are bearing the brunt of a surging malnutrition emergency, as converging crises — economic distress, regional conflict, mass returns from Pakistan and Iran, and deep cuts to humanitarian…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) expresses serious concern over the detention of at least three journalists by Afghanistan’s de facto authorities on unspecified charges. UNAMA is also concerned about reports of assaults…

Record population returns, drought and aid cuts push Afghanistan further into crisis, new UNDP report Modest economic growth fails to improve lives in Afghanistan as three in four people cannot meet basic needs and GDP per capita…

This report presents Flow Monitoring (FM) findings for January–March 2026, drawing on data collected at six monitored border crossing points with the Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan. The analysis examines cross‑border mobility trends, population profiles,…

Context In October 2025, an escalation in cross-border armed violence between 10-17 October 2025 resulted in over 500 civilians killed and injured (47 killed, 456 injured).2 At meetings held in Doha on 18 and 19 October and…

Key Messages • Cold waves are a recurrent, high-impact hazard in Afghanistan, occurring almost annually at local scale and occasionally at nationwide scale; major events such as those in 2008 and 2023 have caused hundreds of deaths…

About this update This update on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, covering the period from January to March 2026, is based on monitoring by the UNAMA Human Rights Service conducted in accordance with its mandate from…