The crisis in Afghanistan is putting the lives of thousands of people at risk, including those who supported the U.S. Learn what you can do to help Afghans.

We must act quickly to prevent famine in Afghanistan, where 3.1 million children are already at risk of acute malnutrition.

Get the latest on the situation in Afghanistan, the Afghan refugee crisis, and ways to help with humanitarian aid and refugee resettlement efforts. 

Our work in Afghanistan, which has from the start spanned “the arc of crisis” from conflict to resettlement, has never been more urgent and crucial.

Twenty-four million people in Afghanistan are in urgent need of aid. Women and girls increasingly bear the brunt of violence and of a hunger crisis that threatens to overwhelm the country.

The IRC’s 2024 Emergency Watchlist ranks Afghanistan as one of the countries most likely to experience a worsening humanitarian crisis in 2024.

Here are five reasons the IRC’s Emergency Watchlist ranked Afghanistan as the country most at risk of worsening humanitarian crisis in 2022.

Afghanistan has risen to second on the IRC's annual Emergency Watchlist due to a triple threat of conflict, COVID-19 and climate change. Here's what you need to know about the crisis.

Amid the crisis In Afghanistan, Afghans both inside the country and far from home are doing their best to endure–and ensure others have what they need to survive and rebuild.