Please refer to the attached file. Highlights Food insecurity and acute malnutrition continued to worsen in Afghanistan, with 15. 9 million people facing Crisis or worse levels of food insecurity (IPC Phase 3+), including 3. 4 million in Emergency (IPC Phase 4), while child wasting reached its highest recorded levels for the August–October period. UNICEF screened approximately 1. 3 million children for wasting, admitting 107, 396 children with severe or high-risk moderate wasting for treatment, while providing nutrition counselling to 196, 601 caregivers. UNICEF reached 212, 103 people with integrated child protection services, including psychosocial support, case management, family tracing and reunification, and gender-based violence prevention and response, prioritizing children and families affected by emergencies, displacement and returns. UNICEF provided 274, 043 people with access to safe drinking water and 121, 138 people with basic sanitation services, while reaching 175, 389 people with hygiene promotion and behaviour change interventions.
UNICEF Afghanistan Humanitarian Situation Report No. 9, 1-30 September 2026
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