These updates aim to provide humanitarian responders with an understanding of the shifting policy environment and the broader implications of these policy decisions.

This report aims to add to the body of evidence on human safety and security issues that returnees face in Afghanistan to enable targeted protection interventions that are appropriate, relevant, and specific to returnees and that may address the risks host communities are also facing. 

This report aims to support the LTWG and broader humanitarian response in Afghanistan by providing insight into the many definitions of localisation and how it is understood by different humanitarian responders.

This edition of the spotlight on social impact focuses on the following three themes: the effect of the poppy cultivation ban on farmers’ livelihoods, the availability of maternal health care in rural areas, and the ending of the pension system for government employees.

This risk report outlines the main emerging risks driven or compounded by climate change with the potential to affect Afghanistan’s humanitarian situation and the wellbeing of its population between 2024–2030. 

This report examines IDPs’ economic integration into host communities. Economic integration occurs through access to labour markets (e.g. through self-employment, service provision, etc.) and supply chains, allowing IDPs to sustain their livelihoods.

This report provides an update on Interim Taliban Authority (ITA) decrees and directives to provide contextual knowledge in support of the humanitarian response in Afghanistan.
Specifically, it maps and analyses ITA policy decisions communicated between September 2023 and June 2024.

Agricultural drought is threatening the food security and livelihoods of millions of Afghans, particularly in the country’s northern, northwestern, and central provinces. Nearly half of the country’s districts are classified as ‘very high risk’ and ‘high risk’ according to the Afghanistan Drought Severity Index.

This is an update of the Afghanistan: Key risk areas to watch: January – June 2024 and beyond. It considers how each risk area has developed since January and assesses whether the identified risks have materialised or whether their probability levels have increased, decreased, or remained the same.

This report aims to improve knowledge of and enable programming that strengthens resilience in Afghanistan through an exploration of shocks, resilience strategies, and related barriers.

Above-average precipitation and extreme rainfall events, mainly attributable to the combined effects of El Niño and climate change, have been triggering floods, flash floods, and mudslides in 25 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces since the end of February 2024.

This report is released every four months and aims to shed light on emerging issues that have or are likely to have significant social impact on Afghans as well as consequences for the humanitarian response. When possible, the report considers groups with specific vulnerabilities and key themes.

Since 26 February 2024, heavy snow and rainfall have affected most of Afghanistan’s provinces, resulting in casualties, widespread service disruptions, infrastructure breakdowns, and significant livestock losses.

This report considers seven issues expected to affect the living conditions in Afghanistan from January–June 2024. While they may not all be immediate risks likely to materialise within the year and while not all will have the same scale or type of impact, they are all issues of which humanitarian decision makers should be aware to anticipate needs and ensure context-sensitive programming.

This report is released every four months to shed light on issues emerging from information about the country that have or are likely to have a significant social impact. It focuses on issues with a direct effect on Afghans’ daily lives and that may have profound yet overlooked consequences on the humanitarian response.

On 3 October 2023, Pakistani authorities announced that all foreigners in the country without valid documents would be forced to leave by 1 November or face arrest and deportation.

This report provides an update on the Interim Taliban Authority (ITA) decrees and directives (edicts) relevant to the Afghanistan humanitarian response. The analysis covers the period between the publication of ACAPS’ baseline report in April 2023 and October 2023. 

On 11 October 2023, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck 28km north of Herat city in Herat province, western Afghanistan, days after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit 40km west of Herat city on 7 October. Between 7 and 10 October, there were also at least nine aftershocks. The reported number of casualties is likely to increase in the coming days as search-andrescue operations continue.

The purpose of this note is to better understand the modalities, scale, and role of Chinese humanitarian aid and economic investments in Afghanistan. This analysis is important contextual knowledge for humanitarian responders.

This report provides an overview of the current regulatory environment for NGOs in Afghanistan, identifying key trends and dilemmas for humanitarian responders.