AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoHumanitarian Nutrition Crisis: UNICEF says 4.9 million women and children in Afghanistan need treatment for malnutrition in 2026, with 3.7 million children under 5 and 1.2 million pregnant or breastfeeding women projected to face acute malnutrition. Urban Water Pressure: UN-Habitat warns rapid urbanization is straining Afghanistan’s water systems, with Kabul’s population now over 5 million and climate-driven pressures like rising temperatures and shrinking green areas worsening shortages. SCO Water & Climate Security: At the SCO Bishkek summit, leaders stressed water must never be weaponised, while the bloc also discussed climate action and regional connectivity. Counternarcotics Support: Japan pledges $9.4 million for UNODC counter-narcotics work in Afghanistan, targeting former poppy-growing households and people at risk of drug use with alternative livelihoods and prevention/treatment services. Afghan Health Funding Shock: A report links a halt in US foreign aid to oxygen plant failure and layoffs at a key Nangarhar hospital project, leaving vulnerable newborns without life-saving oxygen. Security Advisory: Canada again warns citizens to avoid travel to Afghanistan, citing volatile conditions, terrorism risks, and arbitrary arrest concerns under Taliban rule.
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