Rapports

OVERVIEW Following their takeover of Kabul in August 2021, the Taliban has introduced a series of restrictive policies aimed at limiting the rights and freedoms of Afghan women and girls (HRW 18/01/2022). Women have since been denied…

HIGHLIGHTS Afghanistan at highest risk of famine in 25 years as funding runs dry. Pg. 01 Partners respond to earthquake and flooding across provinces. Pg. 02 First nationwide polio campaign for 2023 completed in March. Pg. 03 The UN and partners commemorate International…

FORWARD AND INTRODUCTION Twenty-two years ago, the United Nations Security Council adopted resolution 1325 (2000) based on the recognition that peace and security are not achievable without the active and meaningful participation of women. Despite the passage…

IMMEDIATE HUMANITARIAN FUNDING GAPS – April – June 2023 At the end of Q1 2023, the Afghanistan HRP remains severely under-funded (with US$249 million reported to be confirmed for humanitarian funding in 2023, nearly one-third of the…

World Vison has been responding to the needs of the people in Afghanistan since 2001. It is providing health and nutrition, food security and livelihoods, water and sanitation, protection and education assistance to the most vulnerable…

Over-compliance and misconceptions about the scope of international sanctions have led to severe obstacles for the Afghan business community, including for businesses that import and export food and other essential goods, finds a new report commissioned…

By Sareta Ashraph On January 16, 2023, gunmen in the Afghan capital of Kabul shot and killed Mursal Nabizada, a former Member of Parliament. An outspoken critic of the Taliban, Nabizada was one of the few female…

Highlights More than 1.2 million children aged 6-59 months were screened for acute malnutrition. Of these children, 47,635 (55 per cent girls) received life-saving treatment for severe acute malnutrition. UNICEF continued to support 556,160 children (55 per cent…

Hiding under moving trucks, children risk their lives smuggling goods – and themselves – across the Torkham border between Afghanistan and Pakistan Omid Fazel NANGARHAR, AFGHANISTAN – At Afghanistan’s eastern border with Torkham, Pakistan, a small town bustles…

DELIVERED BY Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Marta Hurtado FROM Geneva This week, girls in Afghanistan should have been starting another year in secondary school with hope and aspiration. But for the past year, girls have…