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12 February 2025
Afghanistan: Barriers and enablers to self-employment for women
DOCUMENT / PDF / 359 KB
A complex intersection of traditional gender norms and progressive and regressive changes resulting from political instability has long shaped women’s participation in public Afghan life. Over the last century, women and girls have experienced periods of improvement relating to the realisation of their full range of rights.
07 February 2025
Afghanistan: what the US aid freeze means for the country
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On 20 January 2025, US President Donald Trump issued an executive order (EO) calling for a 90-day suspension of US-funded foreign aid, including humanitarian operations.
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30 December 2024
Afghanistan: 2023-2024 economic scenario review and outlook for 2025-2026
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This report is an update on the forward-looking snapshot of the Afghan economy published in January 2023 and aims to provide humanitarian responders with an understanding of Afghanistan’s key economic constraints
24 December 2024
Afghanistan: third update on Taliban decrees and directives relevant to the humanitarian response (July–December 2024)
DOCUMENT / PDF / 396 KB
These updates aim to provide humanitarian responders with an understanding of the shifting policy environment and the broader implications of these policy decisions.
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16 August 2024
Afghanistan: understanding the key human safety and security issues facing returnees
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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.
16 August 2024
Afghanistan: different understandings of localisation
DOCUMENT / PDF / 799 KB
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.
07 August 2024
Afghanistan: spotlight on social impact (March-June 2024)
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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.
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31 July 2024
Afghanistan: key climate change related risks between 2024–2030
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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.
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30 July 2024
Afghanistan: Mapping informal economies in informal settlements
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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.
25 July 2024
Afghanistan: Taliban decrees and directives relevant to the humanitarian response (update II)
DOCUMENT / PDF / 385 KB
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.
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04 July 2024
Afghanistan: understanding drought
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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.
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12 June 2024
Afghanistan: Risk updates since January 2024
DOCUMENT / PDF / 196 KB
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.
21 May 2024
Afghanistan: impact of flooding
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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.
25 April 2024
Afghanistan: spotlight on social impact - October 2023 to February 2024
DOCUMENT / PDF / 365 KB
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.
15 March 2024
Afghanistan: anticipated impact of delayed and extreme winter precipitation
DOCUMENT / PDF / 364 KB
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.
25 January 2024
Afghanistan: Key risk areas to watch: January – June 2024 and beyond
DOCUMENT / PDF / 302 KB
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.
09 January 2024
Afghanistan: spotlight on social impact
DOCUMENT / PDF / 331 KB
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.
01 December 2023
Afghanistan: update on Taliban decrees and directives affecting the humanitarian response
DOCUMENT / PDF / 600 KB
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.