WFP’s report on humanitarian and food situation in Afghanistan

Nearly 20 million people in Afghanistan are acutely food-insecure, including more than 6 million people on the brink of famine-like conditions in IPC Phase 4 (Emergency), according to WFP.

4 million people are acutely malnourished, including 3.2 million children under the age of five.

28.3 million people – two-thirds of Afghanistan’s population – require multi-sectoral humanitarian assistance in 2023.

The current food crisis is perpetuated by concurrent climate crisis, as 30 out of 34 provinces in Afghanistan report extremely low water quality. The proportion of households feeling the impact of drought in 2022 is six times greater than in 2020 as Afghanistan enters its third consecutive drought year.