According to the United Nations Development Programme, by 2022, 97% of Afghans could fall under the poverty threshold, which would plunge the country into a major humanitarian crisis and famine approaching the capital Kabul and other major towns and cities in Afghanistan, where millions of Afghan people starved to death, hundreds of thousands of more including men, women, children and babies are facing extreme acute hunger where heading into 2023.[1]
In January 2023, the Taliban officials reported deaths of at least 157 people due to Afghanistan’s harsh winter. The number had doubled in less than a week. The impact was worsened after the Taliban banned female NGO workers.[2][citation needed]
23 July - Flash floods in Kabul, the Ghazni and Maidan Wardak provinces, have killed at least 31 people, injured 74 others, and left 41 missing in the past three days. Around 250 livestock are also killed.[19]
26 July - The Taliban orders beauty salons in Afghanistan to close despite United Nations concern and rare public protests.[20]
August
14 August - At least three people are killed and seven others are injured in an explosion at a hotel in Khost.[21]
11 October - A magnitude 6.3 aftershock strikes near Herat, killing at least one person and injuring 65 others. It comes days after two earthquakes of the same magnitude struck the same area and killed thousands.[22]
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