Additional Context: This information was collected from the Whole of Afghanistan Assessment, or WoAA, a yearly sample survey of Afghan households.

The number of humanitarian aid recipient households dropped from 34% in 2024 to 24% in 2025, but does not signify decreasing need — in fact, 99% of households surveyed reported at least one priority humanitarian need. This included households reporting increasing vulnerability related to access to food (8%), drinking water (15%) and livelihood opportunities (17%) over this period.

Devex Researcher Note: While the U.S. is not specifically mentioned as responsible for the cuts in the source document, aid disbursements from the U.S. to Afghanistan almost halved between 2023 and 2024, and ultimately fell significantly more after the 2025 aid cuts. Humanitarian funding from the U.S. decreased from $728.6 million in 2024 to $243.2 million in 2025, with nothing pledged in 2026 — this alone accounts for 51.7% of the total reduction in humanitarian funds in this three-year period.

Source: UNDP