In this complex scenario, the agency called for sustained financing to guarantee that families can meet their basic needs and avoid greater hunger in the communities.

Afghanistan faces an unprecedented humanitarian crisis with a serious risk of systemic collapse and human catastrophe, considered among the UN’s main challenges for 2024.

The end of the 20-year armed conflict between the Taliban and the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces in August 2021 and the subsequent seizure of power, marked the beginning of a new era characterized by rapid economic decline, hunger, and risk of malnutrition.

Added to this was inflation driven by global commodity crises, drastic increases in urban and rural poverty, and a near collapse of the national public health system.

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