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04 September 2024

UNICEF Afghanistan Humanitarian Situation Report: 1-31 July 2024

Highlights• On 15 and 16 July, heavy windstorms, severe rainfall and flash floods struck multiple districts in eastern and northeastern Afghanistan (Badakhshan, Kunar, Laghman, Nangarhar, and Nuristan provinces), resulting in 40 fatalities and 251 injuries, and significant infrastructure damages.• UNICEF continued...

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UNICEF Afghanistan Mid-Year Humanitarian Situation Report: January - June 2024

HighlightsApproximately 23.7 million people, including 12.3 million children, require humanitarian assistance in 2024.Heavy rainfall and flash floods struck northeastern Afghanistan in May, affecting 21 districts across Badakhshan, Baghlan and Takhar provinces, causing the largest flooding event in Afghanistan thi...

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Flash Floods in Afghanistan - Situation Update No. 3

Highlights:According to the latest UN assessments1, over 4,200 households in 155 villages are in need of humanitarian assistance in Ghor province due to Flash flooding. According to preliminary reports 27 health and nutrition facilities were destroyed or partially damaged2, 62 schools were severely damaged and 73 ...

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Flash Floods in Northern Afghanistan - UNICEF Humanitarian Situation Update #1

HighlightsOn 10 and 11 May, heavy rainfall and flash floods struck northeastern Afghanistan, affecting 21 districts across Badakhshan (5), Baghlan (10) and Takhar (6) provinces. To date, reports suggest that 180 people have been confirmed killed and 280 injured. Among the most affected districts are Burka and Bagh...

Statement by UNICEF Afghanistan on the devastating flash floods in northeast of Afghanistan

12 May 2024, Kabul - Flash floods in northeastern Afghanistan have reportedly killed at least 240 people, including 51 children, with many more injured. Figures expected to increase as additional reports come in. Most of the casualties were reported in Baghlan province, where heavy rains destroyed an estimated 3,0...

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UNICEF Afghanistan Humanitarian Situation Report: 1-29 February 2024

Highlights • In 2024, 23.7 million people (12.4 million children) are in need of humanitarian assistance. In addition, approximately 180,000 people are at risk of natural disasters (54 per cent of them children). • The Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) projections for the period November 2023 to March 2024 hig...

15 January 2024

96,000 children affected by earthquakes in western Afghanistan in dire need of support this winter, UNICEF warns

HERAT, Afghanistan, 15 January 2024 – 100 days after earthquakes struck western Afghanistan, UNICEF is calling for greater support for over 96,000 children affected in the aftermath, as a crippling winter grips the country. Over 1,000 people, most of whom were women and children, lost their lives in Afghanist...

01 December 2023

Flexible solutions for families in need

Nazook was a 12-year-old bride when she first came to Ahmad Abad village in Herat, western Afghanistan, leaving behind a nomadic life with her family. Ahmad Abad village is just 30 kilometres from the city but boasts none of the amenities and conveniences of the urban centre. Nevertheless, Nazook made Ahmad Abad h...

16 October 2023

Picking up the pieces

11-year-old Milat was just a few metres away from the wall of his neighbour’s house, when it fell on his little brother Serajuddin. A pile of rubble remained where his brother walked only seconds before. Everything around Milat happened so fast. People ran and screamed for help. In an instant, his entire village h...

12 October 2023

UNICEF launches US$ 20 million appeal to support 96,000 children affected by recent earthquakes in western Afghanistan

KABUL, 12 October 2023 – Over 90 per cent of those reported killed in Afghanistan’s recent earthquakes are women and children. In Zinda Jan district alone, over 11,500 people saw their homes completely flattened. With two 6.3-magnitude quakes shaking the region over just five days, and over 1,000 people kille...

10 October 2023

Shock, chaos and loss

Asifa was at home when the earthquake shook her home in Zinda Jan district. She was just one of thousands who felt the 6.3-magnitude quake in western Afghanistan.  “I heard a loud noise, and at first, I thought it was an explosion. But then, almost immediately the house fell on me and my children,” recalls Asifa. She could hear the cries of…, Another uncertain future, Bibi Gul, 20, is from the same village as Asifa. She is eight months pregn...