SITUATION AT A GLANCE
29.2 MILLION People in Afghanistan in Need of Humanitarian Assistance in 2023
UN – June 2023
21.3 MILLION Afghans Prioritized for Humanitarian Assistance Under the 2023 HRP
UN – June 2023
26.5 MILLION People Reached With Humanitarian Assistance in Afghanistan between January and October
UN – October 2023
15.8 MILLION People in Afghanistan Experiencing Acute Food Insecurity
IPC – November 2023
6.6 MILLION IDPs in Afghanistan as of December 2022
IOM – June 2023
• Nearly 472,000 Afghans returned from Pakistan between September 15 and December 16, driving humanitarian needs at the border and in areas of return, according to humanitarian organizations.
• An estimated 15.8 million people in Afghanistan are projected to experience Crisis—IPC 3—or worse levels of acute food insecurity between November 2023 and March 2024, based on findings from a December IPC analysis.
• As of December 6, USG partners and relief organizations reached 267,000 people with multi-sector assistance in response to the devastating earthquakes in Herat Province in mid-October.