In August 2021, Afghanistan once again fell under Taliban rule following the withdrawal of American troops from the country. This has put decades of development and humanitarian work at risk, as donors struggle at finding a way to continue their activities in the country while working with the Taliban. In the last few months, institutions such as banking and health care have started to collapse, and the hunger crisis has worsened.
However, the crisis in Afghanistan has been pushed out of the headlines by the recent events in Ukraine, leading some in the sector to worry that funding for Afghanistan will be neglected. A recent summit to pledge aid to Afghanistan fell $2 billion short of what the United Nations said was needed.
Devex examined data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs to understand the current state of aid in Afghanistan.