Additional Context: This information was reported by humanitarian agencies to Refugees International for their report “‘No One Cares About Us Any More’: How U.S. Aid Cuts Have Intensified the Crisis for Women and Girls in Afghanistan.” The report draws on a combination of interviews with Afghan women, aid workers, and representatives of humanitarian organizations, alongside secondary data from U.N. agencies and the World Bank. The halting of this survey comes at a time when many services — safe pregnancy care, post-rape treatment, and family planning counseling — have been halted due to funding shortages and Taliban restrictions.

Devex Researcher Note: A government official with the Afghan Ministry of Public Health told the Afghanistan Analysts Network that “the whole-country survey had been indirectly funded by USAID and added that 85% of the survey had been finished when Trump issued his order to stop aid.” UNFPA estimates that the cessation of U.S. support could result in approximately 1,200 additional maternal deaths and 109,000 unintended pregnancies between 2025 and 2028, although the ability to measure this figure is now under question.

Source: Refugees International