Afghanistan Humanitarian Situation Report 1–31 August 2026

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Afghanistan’s nutrition crisis continued to worsen, with 3.7 million children suffering from wasting, including around one million with severe acute malnutrition.

Flash floods continued to affect communities in August, damaging homes, infrastructure, agricultural land, water systems and schools.

UNICEF supported essential health services for 6.6 million people across all 34 provinces through 2,390 static and 16 mobile health facilities.

UNICEF supported 149,476 people with safe drinking water and 135,164 people with basic sanitation services. 

UNICEF reached 433,568 people with lifesaving information on nutrition, immunization, disease prevention, mental well-being, hygiene and AWD prevention.