WFP Afghanistan External Situation Report December 2025

WFP Afghanistan Spotlight

1. Afghanistan faces a harsh winter at a moment of heightened vulnerability and escalating humanitarian need.
   After multiple years of compounding shocks, families have exhausted nearly every option they once relied on
   to survive. Today, 17.4 million people—over one-third of the population—are facing crisis or emergency levels
   of hunger. A sharp increase of three million people from last year marks one of the most severe lean seasons
   in decades. Acute malnutrition is also worsening, impacting an estimated 3.7 million children under five and
   1.2 million pregnant and breastfeeding women in 2026.
2. WFP frontloaded its winter assistance plan, scaling up to 4 million people in prioritized IPC Phase 4 provinces,
   winter-isolated districts, and returnee hubs. However, this comes at a cost: WFP risks running out of resources
   by spring.
3. WFP’s Needs-Based Plan for January–June 2026 is only 14 percent funded, with a USD 386 million gap.
   Without urgent new resources, WFP will be forced to suspend its emergency food and nutrition assistance
   operations, leaving millions at heightened risk of hunger and malnutrition.