Request support on coordination, information management, integration for nutrition outcomes or technical nutrition in emergencies assistance.
التماس الدعم لتنسيق التغذية وإدارة المعلومات والتغذية في حالات الطوارئ
Demander un appui pour la coordination de la nutrition, la gestion de l'information et la nutrition dans les situations d'urgence
Buscar apoyo para la coordinación de la nutrición, la gestión de la información y la nutrición en situaciones de emergencia
Solicite apoio para coordenação em nutrição, gestão de informação e nutrição em emergências
Afghanistan
L1Coordination mechanism: Formally activated Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Cluster
Year of activation: 2008
NCC: UNICEF Fixed-Term, International Professional (P4)
Deputy: Action Contre la Faim
IMO: Fixed-Term, International Professional (P3)
Coordination arrangement: National Cluster at Kabul-level, with five sub-national
clusters in Herat, Mazar, Nangarhar, Kandahar and Kabul, respectively
Mid-Year Report 2025
January to June 2025
Earthquake in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan | 2 September 2025 Update
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck Nangarhar Province on 31 August 2025, leaving 1,400+ dead, 3,100 injured, and 5,400 homes destroyed; humanitarian partners have deployed 25 assessment teams to affected areas.
Search and rescue operations are ongoing with helicopters transporting the wounded to hospitals; weak housing structures and heavy rains worsened the impact.
An initial US$10 million in emergency funding (CERF and AHF) has been released, with additional donor support (including £1 million from the UK); urgent needs include shelter, medical supplies, food, water, and sanitation.
ONGOING CONSTRAINTS
Funding shortages have significantly undermined nutrition cluster coordination efforts, particularly at the regional level.
Uncertainty and restrictions have further hampered emergency nutrition programming in multiple ways, including population displacement, a weakened health system, restrictions on female aid workers, a fragile banking and financial sector, limited road and air transport, and prolonged customs and border clearance for supplies.
Meanwhile, recurring natural disasters – such as earthquakes, floods, harsh winters, and droughts – have compounded the crisis, placing additional strain on already limited resources and leaving fragile populations in even greater humanitarian need.
| Advocacy Survey | |
| Country Advocacy Strategy developed | Yes |
| Link to document | |
| Advocacy activities included in annual work plan | No |
| Specific WG leading advocacy work established | No |
| Preparedness | |
| Contingency plan or ERP plan developed/updated | Yes |
| Link to document |
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| Intersectoral Collaboration (ISC) | |
| Intersectoral projects currently under implementation | Yes |
| Clusters engaged | |
| NA | |
Key Figures
(million)Funding
(million)- Children 6-59 months
- Pregnant and Lactating Women
Total Partners
93
Key Resources
list of important documents
Afghanistan: Humanitarian Response Plan 2018-2021
Afghanistan: Humanitarian Response Plan 2018–2021 (2020 and 2020 Updates)The Afghanistan Humanitarian Response Plan outlines urgent needs and priorities as conflict, natural disasters, and chronic poverty continue to drive a complex humanitarian crisis.In 2020, an estimated 9.4 million people requ...
