Current risks in Afghanistan

This page tracks significant risk events worldwide in near real time — earthquakes, disaster alerts, armed conflict, unrest and government travel-advisory changes — combining data from the USGS, GDACS, NASA EONET, UCDP, GDELT, ACLED and official travel-advisory sources. Browse what is happening now, or open the monthly and yearly archive for any country.

28 unrest events, 0 earthquakes, 0 conflict events, and 0 travel advisory changes are active.

28 eventsSources: gdelt

28 events· AfghanistanFire activity within the 30-day mean

Unrest

World map of risk events0 countries with events, 10 events plottedDemonstration in Zhob, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 20 Aug 2026Demonstration in Qandahar, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 20 Aug 2026Demonstration in Qandahar, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 20 Aug 2026Demonstration in Qandahar, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 18 Aug 2026Demonstration in Qandahar, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 18 Aug 2026Demonstration in Qandahar, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 18 Aug 2026Demonstration in Qandahar, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 18 Aug 2026Demonstration in Qandahar, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 17 Aug 2026Demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 16 Aug 2026Demonstration in Faīẕābād, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 15 Aug 2026

Totals for Afghanistan, last 30 days

Earthquake
3
0 in the list
Disaster
0
0 in the list
Conflict
287
0 in the list
Unrest
26
28 in the list
Advisory
0
0 in the list

Signal

How the picture is developing in Afghanistan

Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days

Events by type in Afghanistan

Against the 90-day baseline

Earthquake
90-day baseline: 3.3
3
Disaster
90-day baseline: 0
0
Conflict
90-day baseline: 502
287
Unrest
90-day baseline: 38
26
Advisory
90-day baseline: 0
0

Events per day in Afghanistan

Last 30 days · fire hotspots as line

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Events per bucket and type (data behind the chart)
DateEarthquakeDisasterConflictUnrestAdvisoryFire hotspots
2026-08-050013200
2026-08-060021100
2026-08-070015100
2026-08-08008000
2026-08-090018201
2026-08-10008100
2026-08-11008200
2026-08-120020303
2026-08-130023001
2026-08-140035200
2026-08-150030300
2026-08-160020100
2026-08-170012102
2026-08-181025401
2026-08-190018000
2026-08-200013300
2026-08-21000002
2026-08-22000003
2026-08-23000001
2026-08-24000000
2026-08-25100000
2026-08-26100000
2026-08-27000001
2026-08-28000002
2026-08-29000000
2026-08-30000002
2026-08-31000001
2026-09-01000000
2026-09-02000000
2026-09-03000000

Events

What is happening in Afghanistan

28 events · newest first

  1. Unrest

    Demonstration in Zhob, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Zhob · Source: gdelt

  2. Unrest

    Demonstration in Qandahar, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt

  3. Unrest

    Demonstration in Qandahar, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt

  4. Unrest

    Demonstration in Qandahar, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt

  5. Unrest

    Demonstration in Qandahar, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt

  6. Unrest

    Demonstration in Qandahar, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt

  7. Unrest

    Demonstration in Qandahar, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt

  8. Unrest

    Demonstration in Qandahar, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt

  9. Unrest

    Demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Kabul · Source: gdelt

  10. Unrest

    Demonstration in Faīẕābād, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Faīẕābād · Source: gdelt

Reference

What these risk types mean

Earthquake
Significant earthquakes (magnitude 4.5+) reported by the USGS.
Disaster
Active floods, cyclones, volcanoes, droughts and wildfires reported by GDACS and NASA EONET.
Conflict
Armed conflict events above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from UCDP and GDELT.
Unrest
Unrest events — protests, strikes, riots — above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from GDELT and ACLED.
Advisory
Official government travel-advisory level changes for a country.

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