2022 in Afghanistan

According to the United Nations Development Programme, by 2022, 97% of Afghans could fall under the poverty threshold, which would plunge the country into a major humanitarian crisis.

[1] After the Fall of Kabul, in which the Islamist Taliban drove out the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan government after its 20-year rule, the Taliban promised to set up a new constitution for Afghanistan.

The constitution is intended to be adopted in 2022.

[2][3] The Islamic State continue their insurgency, carrying out many bombings.

Afghanistan is also badly affected by earthquakes and flooding.

In June, Afghanistan was rocked by one of the deadliest earthquake in 2022