Afghanistan's Humanitarian Crisis Deepens Five Years After Taliban Takeover Amid Global Aid Cuts

Five years after the Taliban assumed control, nearly half of Afghanistan's population (21.9 million people) is in crisis, with 4.7 million facing emergency levels of food insecurity due to a sixth consecutive year of drought. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) warns that sweeping global aid cuts have forced them to scale back critical nutrition and maternal health services, leaving public services on the brink of collapse.