Attachments
General Assembly
Seventy-ninth session
Agenda item 36
The situation in Afghanistan
Security Council
Seventy-ninth year
I. Introduction
1. The present report is submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 74/9 and Security Council resolution 2727 (2024), in which the Secretary-General was requested to report every three months on the situation in Afghanistan and the implementation of the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), including at the subnational level. 2. The report provides an update on the activities of the United Nations in Afghanistan, including political, humanitarian and human rights efforts, since the issuance of the previous report, dated 9 September 2024 (A/79/341-S/2024/664).
II. Relevant developments
3. The Taliban leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, reportedly increased public engagements, emphasizing the need for unity and obedience from the de facto officials, religious scholars and the wider population and stressing adherence to sharia law. The leadership of the de facto authorities in Kabul also continued their outreach to local communities, religious scholars, ethnic minorities and academia. Attacks by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant-Khorasan (ISIL-K) continued, together with some lower-intensity attacks by the armed opposition. An estimated 23.7 million people in Afghanistan continue to face critical humanitarian challenges in 2024. As at 11 November, the 2024 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan had received only 37.5 per cent of its $3.06 billion in funding.