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Afghanistan - Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #2, Fiscal Year (FY) 2024

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SITUATION AT A GLANCE

23.7 MILLION People in Afghanistan in Need of Humanitarian Assistance in 2024 UN – December 2023

17.3 MILLION Afghans Prioritized for Humanitarian Assistance Under the 2024 HNRP UN – December 2023

32.1 MILLION People Reached With Humanitarian Assistance in Afghanistan in 2023
UN – December 2023

15.8 MILLION People in Afghanistan Experiencing Acute Food Insecurity Between November 2023 and March 2024
IPC – November 2023

6.6 MILLION Total Number of IDPs in Afghanistan as of December 2022
IOM – June 2023

  • The 2024 HNRP estimates that 23.7 million people in Afghanistan—more than half the population—will require humanitarian aid in 2024.

  • Most of Afghanistan experienced record-low precipitation between October and late January. The unusually dry and warm start to the winter may impact harvests in 2024. Severe winter weather, including heavy precipitation, resulted in at least 39 deaths in late February and early March.

  • Afghan returns from Pakistan—which sharply increased beginning in October 2023—had returned to previous levels as of February. Relief actors continue to assist returnees at the border and in destination areas