Human Rights Watch: Taliban policies have deepened Afghanistan's humanitarian crisis

Elaha Sat Jul 2026 2 months ago 427

Citing a United Nations estimate, Abbasi said that out of Afghanistan’s population of about 44 million, more than 17 million people will face acute food insecurity this year. According to her, women and children will bear the brunt of this situation.


She also pointed to the reduction in humanitarian aid funding, noting that as of June, less than 20 percent of the funding required for the United Nations’ Humanitarian Response Plan for Afghanistan had been secured.


According to this researcher, cuts in aid from the United States, the United Kingdom, and other donor countries have forced aid organizations to scale back their operations and limit assistance to only the most vulnerable individuals.


Abbasi also identified the forced return of millions of Afghan migrants from Iran and Pakistan as a factor intensifying the crisis, stating that many returnees have been relocated to areas that were already grappling with drought, unemployment, and resource shortages.


She added that the Taliban’s restrictions on women’s employment in aid organizations and UN-affiliated entities have made it harder for millions to access humanitarian assistance. According to her, since only women can provide aid to women, female-headed households are more exposed to hunger and deprivation than others.


The Human Rights Watch researcher concluded by urging donor governments to urgently provide the necessary funding to sustain humanitarian operations in Afghanistan.

Fereshteh Abbasi, a researcher with Human Rights Watch, has warned that the Taliban’s repressive and sweeping restrictions on women, combined with a sharp decline in international aid, have exacerbated Afghanistan’s humanitarian and economic crisis. She called on the Taliban to lift all restrictions imposed on women, including the ban on employment.

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