🇦🇫 Current Situation (September 2025)

🚨 The Earthquake

• A powerful 6.0-magnitude quake struck eastern Afghanistan near Jalālābād.
• Shallow depth (~8 km) caused widespread damage.
• Multiple aftershocks, including a 5.2 magnitude tremor, followed.

🚑️ Casualties and Damage

• More than 2,000 dead and 3,500+ injured.
• Entire villages leveled, mud/stone homes destroyed.
• Rescue hampered by landslides, blocked roads, and power outages.

📉 Humanitarian Context

• Over 4 million Afghans were already displaced, accounting for the second-largest displaced population in the world after Syria.
• More than 1 million Afghans have returned or were forcibly deported from neighboring countries so far this year (2025).
• Half of Afghanistan’s population relies on aid (23 million people).

 🇦🇫 Ongoing Situation (July 2025)

• Over 1.4 million Afghans have returned or been deported from Iran this year—many involuntarily.

• Daily arrivals peaked at 30,000–50,000 in June–July at key border points like Islam Qala and Spin Boldak.

• Most returnees arrive with no shelter, food, or possessions after years or generations living abroad.

• Border provinces (Herat, Kandahar) are overwhelmed and lack capacity to absorb the influx.

• Returnees are suffering from malnutrition, illness, heat exposure, and psychological trauma.

• The Afghan economy and health system remain fragile, with over 22.9 million people in need of assistance.

• Clean water access is an escalating crisis — with experts warning that Kabul could become the first modern city to completely run out of water.