Risk events in Afghanistan, February 2026
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15 events were recorded: 2 earthquakes and 13 conflict events.
15 eventsSources: ucdp · gdelt · usgs
15 events· Afghanistan
ConflictEarthquake
- Earthquake
- 2
- 2 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 13
- 13 in the list
- Unrest
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Signal
How the picture is moving
Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days
Events by type
Against the 90-day baseline
Events per day
| Date | Earthquake | Disaster | Conflict | Unrest | Advisory | Fire hotspots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-07 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-26 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-27 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-02-28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Events
What is happening now
15 events · newest first
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Kandahar, Afghanistan
3 fatalities · Kandahar · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Jalalabad, Afghanistan
2 fatalities · Jalalabad · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Gardez, Afghanistan
16 fatalities · Gardez · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Khost, Afghanistan
4 fatalities · Khost · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Khost, Afghanistan
19 fatalities · Khost · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Mardan, Afghanistan
4 fatalities · Mardan · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Shabqadar, Afghanistan
7 fatalities · Shabqadar · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Gardez, Afghanistan
3 fatalities · Gardez · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Kandahar, Afghanistan
15 fatalities · Kandahar · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Qandahar, Afghanistan
30 fatalities · Qandahar · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Military posture change in Afghanistan
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Jalalabad, Afghanistan
18 fatalities · Jalalabad · Source: ucdp
- Earthquake
M5.8 — 38 km NE of Bāzārak, Afghanistan
M5.8 · Kabul · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M4.5 — 23 km SW of Khulm, Afghanistan
M4.5 · Balkh · Source: usgs
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Faīẕābād, Afghanistan
1 fatality · Faīẕābād · Source: ucdp
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.