Afghanistan - Assessment Updates

Key Messages • While secondary data sources recorded conflict events primarily in Paktya, Khost, and Nangarhar, a substantial proportion of key informants (KIs) in Kunar (24%) and in several...

04 March 2026 This note examines the food-security and market impacts of the Afghanistan-Pakistan conflict and border closures, and how the Iran crisis amplifies these pressures through energy,...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Ground-level evidence on returns and remittances Deportations are rising at the same time that humanitarian resources are tightening. Communities that relied on migration and...

Key highlights Rising national climate risk: In Round 3, 19 per cent of Afghanistan’s population lives in high‑risk communities, an increase from 16 per cent in Round 2, indicating a continued rise...

Synopsis (short abstract) This emergency agriculture support brief presents the results of the latest Data in Emergencies Monitoring (DIEM-Monitoring) round conducted in Afghanistan in September...

In November and December 2024, IOM DTM Afghanistan conducted the inaugural round of the Afghanistan Climate Vulnerability Assessment (ACVA), a nationwide community-level assessment programme designed...

Climate and disaster events, both slow- and rapid-onset, are inextricably linked with human mobility, with continued exacerbation of the global climate crisis expected to “extensively change the...

MESSAGES KEY • At the end of 2025, the majority (82%) of settlements in the country reportedly experienced drought, marking a sharp increase compared with the same period in 2024 (42%). This was...

Summary In 2023, REACH, with the support of WFP and the Assessment and Analysis Working Group (AAWG), initiated the Real-Time Monitoring (RTM) system in Afghanistan. The primary objective of RTM is...

KEY FINDINGS OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2025 Cross-border mobility declined significantly compared to the third quarter (Q3) of 2025: Cross-border movements into and out of Afghanistan between October and...

Key Messages • Essential goods markets seem to have remained broadly functional, with most food, fuel, and non-food items consistently available and only limited, localized, or seasonal availability...

Between mid-September 2023 and the end of 2024, approximately 2.4 million Afghans returned from the Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan.3 This sharp rise in return flows was driven largely by...

At the beginning of June, IOM DTM Afghanistan implemented changes to its Flow Monitoring Survey (FMS) questionnaire and sampling methodology to enhance understandings of migration pathways,...

Executive Summary On 3 November 2025 at 00:59 local time, an earthquake struck Northern Afghanistan near Mazar-e-Sharif, most severely affecting the provinces of Balkh and Samangan, and impacting...

Dasht e Kahdestan, an area located roughly 40 minutes east of Herat’s provincial capital, is a significant hub for displaced people and returnees seeking to rebuild their lives near the city. As part...

Following the impacts of four large earthquakes in Herat province in October 2023, IOM conducted a multi-sectoral needs assessment in October 2024 to better understand longitudinal post-earthquake...

Introduction The analysis provided in this report relies on data gathered through UNHCR’s Community-Based Protection Monitoring (CBPM) tools. The tools also used by the Afghanistan Protection...

In 2008, the Department of Refugees and Repatriation (DoRR) established Chamtalla community as a formal settlement for internally displaced persons (IDPs) and returnees. Located in Khogyani district...

Executive Summary Between 10 April and 10 May 2025, World Vision Afghanistan conducted a mixedmethods MSNA in Herat, Ghor, Badghis, and Faryab, using 1,320 household surveys, 60 KIIs, and 40 FGDs...

Feedback and response systems allow UNHCR and partners to hear directly from refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), refugee and IDP returnees and host community members with a view to forming...