Afghanistan

Afghanistan in numbers

• Three powerful earthquakes struck near Herat city on October 7. 2,445 people are reported to have been killed and 9,240 people injured across 11 villages.
• 28.8 million people, two thirds of the population, are in need of urgent aid following four decades of conflict and drought-like conditions in Afghanistan.
• All 34 provinces of the country are facing crisis or emergency levels of acute food insecurity, affecting 40% of the population.
• Women in Afghanistan are facing the highest maternal mortality rates in the world, with 638 women dying per 100,000 live births.
• 2,300 health facilities are now facing closure, putting more lives at risk.
• 3.5 million Afghan people have been forced to flee their homes in recent times.
• Afghanistan is 180th on the Human Development Index.
• More than half the population live below the poverty level. 

Red Cross and Red Crescent movement response

Supported by the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, the Afghanistan Red Crescent (ARCS) delivers support across the country. 

This includes programming related to disaster risk management, community resilience –including water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and livelihoods, community-based health and first aid, physical rehabilitation for internally displaced persons with physical disabilities, youth development and restoring family links.

The ARCS also provides access to healthcare services through a network of over 200 facilities, which include a 50-bed hospital in Kabul, 46 fixed clinics, one comprehensive health centre, 23 health sub-centres and 101 mobile health teams and/or emergency mobile health teams, active in all 34 provinces in the country.

Following the earthquakes in October 2023, 10,000 blankets, 4,000 tarpaulins, 6,000 jerrycans, food parcels for 2,000 households
and winterisation items.

Donate to the Afghanistan Crisis Appeal