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Afghanistan’s Growing Humanitarian Crisis
Since the Taliban took power in Afghanistan, the humanitarian emergency there has become even more dire.
This briefing note outlines the most pressing issues and steps to help relieve the suffering.
- ICG
Dramatic scenes at the Kabul airport of Afghans desperate to leave the country, and horrific bombings there, captured the world’s attention in the weeks after the Taliban took power.
The focus is now shifting to a much larger, multi-faceted humanitarian crisis throughout the country.
Violence, displacement, drought and the COVID-19 pandemic hit the Afghan population with accelerating force in recent years, and the humanitarian…