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<div class="node node--type-country node--view-mode-full"> <div class="field field--field-paragraph-hero"> <div> <section class="page-header-2 page-header-2--bg-grey-light" role="banner"> <div class="wfp-wrapper ph3 ph0-lg"> <div class="page-header-2__grid"> <div class="page-header-2__header"> <h1 class="page-header-2__title">Afghanistan</h1> </div> <div class="page-header-2__image"> <figure> <img loading="lazy" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/crop_4_3_320x240/public/images/WFP-Afghanistan.jpg?itok=KPFO_Rpu 320w, /sites/default/files/styles/crop_4_3_400x300/public/images/WFP-Afghanistan.jpg?itok=ElcvkXNS 400w, /sites/default/files/styles/crop_4_3_480x360/public/images/WFP-Afghanistan.jpg?itok=WMeWeagp 480w, /sites/default/files/styles/crop_4_3_640x480/public/images/WFP-Afghanistan.jpg?itok=sNLoMny4 640w, /sites/default/files/styles/crop_4_3_800x600/public/images/WFP-Afghanistan.jpg?itok=m47HyZad 800w, 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insecurity</dd> <dt>1 in 3</dt> <dd>Afghans do not know where their next meal will come from</dd> <dt>43.4 million</dt> <dd>population </dd> </dl> </div> <div class="page-header-2__actions"> <a href="https://docs.wfp.org/api/documents/WFP-0000161755/download/" class="button-new button-new--primary">Download country brief</a> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> <div class="columns wfp-wrapper ph3 ph0-lg"> <div class="columns__main"> <div class="field field--field-paragraph-description"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type-rich-text paragraph--view-mode-full"> <div class="field field--field-rich-text wfp-wrapper clearfix"> <div class="field-rich-text--container mv4 mv5-lg"> <div> <p>The Afghan people continue to <strong>grapple with the  consequences of four decades of conflict</strong>, with entrenched poverty further exacerbated by an economic crisis, frequent environmental disasters and the impact of a worsening climate crisis, and gender inequality.</p> <p>More than a third of the Afghan population are going hungry, including <strong>more than 3 million people facing emergency levels of food insecurity.  </strong></p> <p>Since 2021, the Taliban has imposed numerous restrictions on women and girls, which is likely to exacerbate the country's already severe economic and humanitarian crisis.</p> <p>Afghanistan is ranked as the <strong>sixth country most vulnerable to the climate crisis</strong>, grappling with flash floods and prolonged droughts.  </p> <p>In 2024 alone, every province faced a climate disaster, resulting in the <strong>destruction of 20,000 homes and the flooding of 74,000 hectares of agricultural land</strong> <span>–</span> an area larger than 100,000 football fields.</p> <p>The World Food Programme works with partners to <strong>reach the most vulnerable communities across the country.</strong> However, a funding crisis is severely restricting our ability to meet those in most need. </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="columns__side"> <div class="field field--field-paragraph-emergency"> <div> <aside class="page-emergency"> <p class="page-emergency__label">Emergency</p> <div class="page-emergency__content"><p>WFP emergency operations in Afghanistan help people affected by the humanitarian crisis.</p> </div> <a href="https://www.wfp.org/emergencies/afghanistan-emergency" class="button-new button-new--white">Afghanistan emergency page</a> </aside> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--field-paragraphs"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type-page-accordion paragraph--view-mode-full mv4 mv5-lg clearfix"> <h2 class="page-stripe__title wfp-wrapper">What the World Food Programme is doing in Afghanistan</h2> <section class="accordion wfp-wrapper js--accordion"> <dl class="accordion__items js--accordion__items"> <dt class="accordion__item-title active"> <div> <span>Emergency response</span> </div> </dt> <dd class="accordion__item-panel active"> <div class="accordion__item-content">In the context of conflict and frequent disasters, WFP provides unconditional, fortified and nutritionally balanced food assistance to vulnerable groups including people displaced by conflict, those affected by disasters, refugees, returnees from neighbouring countries, and people affected by seasonal food insecurity. However, this support is severely hampered by ongoing funding shortages.</div> <aside class="accordion__item-side"> <div class="accordion__item-image"> <img src="https://www.wfp.org/sites/default/files/styles/page_accordion/public/images/Afghanistan-emergency-response-WFP-Danijela-Milic.jpg?itok=O-16k_N5" alt="The main warehouse in Jalalabad, Afghanistan where food commodities such as Wheat Flour, High-energy biscuit, and so on are safely stored and further dispatched across Afghanistan."> </div> </aside> </dd> <dt class="accordion__item-title "> <div> <span>Resilience building</span> </div> </dt> <dd class="accordion__item-panel "> <div class="accordion__item-content">WFP works together with communities to strengthen their ability to reduce the risk of disasters and adapt to climate change, while also creating employment opportunities both in urban and rural areas. This includes constructing or rehabilitating roads, canals, flood protection walls and reforestation, as well as vocational training.</div> <aside class="accordion__item-side"> <div class="accordion__item-image"> <img src="https://www.wfp.org/sites/default/files/styles/page_accordion/public/images/Afghanistan-resilience-building_0.jpg?itok=BSQuKZnL" alt="Female students at the VST Mazar-e Sharif site, Balkh Province learning broidery/needlework skills. Photo credit: WFP/Ziauddin Safi"> </div> </aside> </dd> <dt class="accordion__item-title "> <div> <span>Nutrition</span> </div> </dt> <dd class="accordion__item-panel "> <div class="accordion__item-content">WFP’s support includes providing specialized nutritious foods to acutely malnourished pregnant and breastfeeding women and girls, to treat malnutrition.</div> <aside class="accordion__item-side"> <div class="accordion__item-image"> <img src="https://www.wfp.org/sites/default/files/styles/page_accordion/public/images/Afghanistan-nutrition-WFP-Sadeq-Naseri.jpg?itok=50awIITS" alt="Child with nutrient-rich snack distributed by WFP to reduce malnutrition in children"> </div> </aside> </dd> <dt class="accordion__item-title "> <div> <span>Food systems</span> </div> </dt> <dd class="accordion__item-panel "> <div class="accordion__item-content">WFP is working with the Government and commercial partners to provide people throughout the country with access to nutritious food at affordable prices by supporting smallholder farmers, building local milling and fortification capacity, and strengthening value chains and food safety measures.</div> <aside class="accordion__item-side"> <div class="accordion__item-image"> <img src="https://www.wfp.org/sites/default/files/styles/page_accordion/public/images/Afghanistan-food-systems-WFP-Andrew-Quilty_0.jpg?itok=qGYecCZ3" alt="Construction workers work in Sum Dara (valley), near the village of Hamidabad in Badakhshan province's Arghanj Shwah district in Afghanistan."> </div> </aside> </dd> <dt class="accordion__item-title "> <div> <span>Advocacy for zero hunger</span> </div> </dt> <dd class="accordion__item-panel "> <div class="accordion__item-content">WFP supports government officials and partners in establishing zero hunger as a development priority and enhancing the coherence of their Zero Hunger policy through capacity strengthening, advocacy, public awareness and research, including the creation of Food Security and Nutrition committees at the province level to promote local ownership.</div> <aside class="accordion__item-side"> <div class="accordion__item-image"> <img src="https://www.wfp.org/sites/default/files/styles/page_accordion/public/images/Afghanistan-advocacy-for-zero-hunger.jpg?itok=xn7C3Cct" alt="Hundreds of women and men at PD05 in Kabul province of Afghanistan to receive food assistance from WFP. Photo credit: WFP/Sadeq Naseri"> </div> </aside> </dd> <dt class="accordion__item-title "> <div> <span>Capacity strengthening</span> </div> </dt> <dd class="accordion__item-panel "> <div class="accordion__item-content">To enhance the ability of the Government and the broader humanitarian and development community to respond to affected populations’ needs, WFP assists with the provision of assistance in beneficiary management, supply chain, information and communication technology, and facilities and information management.</div> <aside class="accordion__item-side"> <div class="accordion__item-image"> <img src="https://www.wfp.org/sites/default/files/styles/page_accordion/public/images/Afghanistan-capacity-strengthening-WFP-Philippe-Kropf.jpg?itok=gB6H9fqe" alt="First factory in Lashkargah with installation of a micro feeder machine that fortifies wheat flour to prevent undernutrition in Afghanistan "> </div> </aside> </dd> </dl> </section> </div> <div class="wfp-wrapper mv4 mv5-lg ph3 ph0-lg"> <div class="field field--field-content-multiple"> <h2 class="page-stripe__title">Publications</h2> <div class="grid-up-to-3cols"> <article class="publication-teaser-related"> <a class="publication-teaser-related__link" href="https://www.wfp.org/publications/annual-country-reports-afghanistan"> <div class="publication-teaser-related__text"> <h3 class="publication-teaser-related__title"> Annual Country Reports - Afghanistan </h3> <span class="publication-teaser-related__metadata"> <time datetime="2024-03-29T12:00:00Z">29 March 2024</time> </span> </div> <div class="publication-teaser-related__cover"> <img loading="lazy" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_size_110x110/public/images/publication/ACR%20cover%20image.jpg?itok=LGzO3Ig2 78w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_size_220x220/public/images/publication/ACR%20cover%20image.jpg?itok=QPQi9st0 156w" sizes="110px" width="156" height="220" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_size_110x110/public/images/publication/ACR%20cover%20image.jpg?itok=LGzO3Ig2" alt="Cover image ACR" /> </div> </a> </article> <article class="publication-teaser-related"> <a class="publication-teaser-related__link" href="https://www.wfp.org/publications/situation-reports-afghanistan-2021-present"> <div class="publication-teaser-related__text"> <h3 class="publication-teaser-related__title"> Situation Reports Afghanistan: 2021 - Present </h3> <span class="publication-teaser-related__metadata"> <time datetime="2021-08-21T12:00:00Z">21 August 2021</time> </span> </div> </a> </article> <article class="publication-teaser-related"> <a class="publication-teaser-related__link" href="https://www.wfp.org/publications/wfp-health-emergency-response-project-afghanistan"> <div class="publication-teaser-related__text"> <h3 class="publication-teaser-related__title"> WFP - Health Emergency Response Project - Afghanistan </h3> <span class="publication-teaser-related__metadata"> <time datetime="2024-11-19T12:00:00Z">19 November 2024</time> </span> </div> <div class="publication-teaser-related__cover"> <img loading="lazy" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_size_110x110/public/publication_covers/bb62664499f6bc0dc4f738b152396a26.jpg?itok=56SBtBip 85w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_size_220x220/public/publication_covers/bb62664499f6bc0dc4f738b152396a26.jpg?itok=uc85YZfi 170w" sizes="110px" width="170" height="220" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_size_110x110/public/publication_covers/bb62664499f6bc0dc4f738b152396a26.jpg?itok=56SBtBip" alt="https://docs.wfp.org/api/documents/WFP-0000163605/download/" /> </div> </a> </article> <article class="publication-teaser-related"> <a class="publication-teaser-related__link" href="https://www.wfp.org/publications/wfps-support-social-protection-asia-and-pacific-regional-implementation-plan"> <div class="publication-teaser-related__text"> <h3 class="publication-teaser-related__title"> WFP’s support to social protection in Asia and the Pacific: Regional Implementation Plan </h3> <span class="publication-teaser-related__metadata"> <time datetime="2024-10-14T12:00:00Z">14 October 2024</time> </span> </div> <div class="publication-teaser-related__cover"> <img loading="lazy" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_size_110x110/public/publication_covers/f236f419c45a02b32e82f81a9a3c634b.jpg?itok=RFWlGwPA 78w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_size_220x220/public/publication_covers/f236f419c45a02b32e82f81a9a3c634b.jpg?itok=rN3JsWtF 155w" sizes="110px" width="155" height="220" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_size_110x110/public/publication_covers/f236f419c45a02b32e82f81a9a3c634b.jpg?itok=RFWlGwPA" alt="https://docs.wfp.org/api/documents/WFP-0000161806/download/" /> </div> </a> </article> <article class="publication-teaser-related"> <a class="publication-teaser-related__link" href="https://www.wfp.org/publications/inter-agency-humanitarian-evaluation-response-humanitarian-crisis-afghanistan"> <div class="publication-teaser-related__text"> <h3 class="publication-teaser-related__title"> Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation of the Response to the Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan </h3> <span class="publication-teaser-related__metadata"> <time datetime="2024-09-25T12:00:00Z">25 September 2024</time> </span> </div> <div class="publication-teaser-related__cover"> <img loading="lazy" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/max_size_110x110/public/publication_covers/c2f8ef5876c597ac2fe657fb7cb63f7c.jpg?itok=SIo_0QZN 78w, /sites/default/files/styles/max_size_220x220/public/publication_covers/c2f8ef5876c597ac2fe657fb7cb63f7c.jpg?itok=RW9ZJKKN 155w" sizes="110px" width="155" height="220" src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_size_110x110/public/publication_covers/c2f8ef5876c597ac2fe657fb7cb63f7c.jpg?itok=SIo_0QZN" 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class="explore-new__item-title">WFP supports earthquake survivors in Afghanistan</h2> <p class="explore-new__item-info"><strong>Story</strong><span class="explore-new__item-info-date"> | 8 October 2023</span></p> </div> </a> </article> </div> </section> <div class="ta-center mv4"> <a href="https://www.wfp.org/stories?f%5B0%5D=country%3A1922" class="button-new">Show more</a> </div> </div> <div > <div id="block-countrypagenews"> <section class="page-splash page-splash--background-blue" role="contentinfo"> <div class="wfp-wrapper ph3 ph0-lg"> <h2 class="page-stripe__title page-splash__title">Afghanistan news releases</h2> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.wfp.org/news?f%5B0%5D=country%3A1922" class="button-new button-new--white">Go to page</a> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--dynamic-block-fieldnode-country-overview-page-link"> <section class="page-splash page-splash--background-blue" role="contentinfo"> <div class="wfp-wrapper ph3 ph0-lg"> <h2 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