Risk events in Afghanistan, April 2026

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644 events were recorded: 5 earthquakes, 611 conflict events, and 28 unrest events.

644 eventsSources: gdelt · ucdp

644 events· Afghanistan

ConflictUnrest

World map of risk events0 countries with events, 50 events plottedMilitary force used in Kabul, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Military force used in Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Military force used in Ghazni, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Military force used in Shabqadar, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Nuclear alert in Kabul, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Military force used in Faīẕābād, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Assault in Qandahar, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Military force used in Shabqadar, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Military force used in Herat, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Assault in Kholm, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Military force used in Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Assault in Qandahar, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Nuclear alert in Kabul, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Military force used in Ghazni, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Military force used in Ghazni, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Military force used in Jalalabad, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Assault in Shabqadar, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026State-based conflict in Mardan, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Assault in Kabul, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 29 Apr 2026Assault in Kabul, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 29 Apr 2026Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 29 Apr 2026Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 29 Apr 2026Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 29 Apr 2026Assault in Shabqadar, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 29 Apr 2026Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 29 Apr 2026Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 29 Apr 2026Demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Demonstration in Qandahar, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026Riot in Qandahar, Afghanistan · Afghanistan · 30 Apr 2026
Earthquake
5
0 in the list
Disaster
0
0 in the list
Conflict
611
47 in the list
Unrest
28
3 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

Earthquake
90-day baseline: 3.3
5
Disaster
90-day baseline: 0
0
Conflict
90-day baseline: 502
611
Unrest
90-day baseline: 38
28
Advisory
90-day baseline: 0
0

Events per day

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Events per bucket and type (data behind the chart)
DateEarthquakeDisasterConflictUnrestAdvisoryFire hotspots
2026-04-01001000
2026-04-02000000
2026-04-03100000
2026-04-04001000
2026-04-050023100
2026-04-060020000
2026-04-070064200
2026-04-080017000
2026-04-090031000
2026-04-100025100
2026-04-110019000
2026-04-120011100
2026-04-130015000
2026-04-140020301
2026-04-150011100
2026-04-160021200
2026-04-170033100
2026-04-182012000
2026-04-190012000
2026-04-200020002
2026-04-2100181014
2026-04-220028100
2026-04-230020000
2026-04-240024000
2026-04-250011000
2026-04-260015200
2026-04-271040200
2026-04-281033400
2026-04-290027300
2026-04-300039300

Events

What is happening now

644 events · newest first

  1. Conflict

    Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Kabul · Source: gdelt

  2. Conflict

    Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt

  3. Conflict

    Military force used in Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Source: gdelt

  4. Conflict

    Military force used in Ghazni, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Ghazni · Source: gdelt

  5. Conflict

    Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt

  6. Conflict

    Military force used in Shabqadar, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Shabqadar · Source: gdelt

  7. Conflict

    Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Kabul · Source: gdelt

  8. Conflict

    Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Kabul · Source: gdelt

  9. Conflict

    Nuclear alert in Kabul, Afghanistan

    Severity 4 · Kabul · Source: gdelt

  10. Conflict

    Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt

  11. Conflict

    Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Kabul · Source: gdelt

  12. Conflict

    Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt

  13. Conflict

    Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt

  14. Conflict

    Military force used in Faīẕābād, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Faīẕābād · Source: gdelt

  15. Conflict

    Assault in Qandahar, Afghanistan

    Severity 2 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt

  16. Conflict

    Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Kabul · Source: gdelt

  17. Conflict

    Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Kabul · Source: gdelt

  18. Conflict

    Military force used in Shabqadar, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Shabqadar · Source: gdelt

  19. Conflict

    Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Kabul · Source: gdelt

  20. Conflict

    Military force used in Herat, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Herat · Source: gdelt

  21. Conflict

    Assault in Kholm, Afghanistan

    Severity 2 · Kholm · Source: gdelt

  22. Conflict

    Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt

  23. Conflict

    Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt

  24. Conflict

    Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Kabul · Source: gdelt

  25. Conflict

    Military force used in Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Source: gdelt

  26. Conflict

    Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Kabul · Source: gdelt

  27. Conflict

    Assault in Qandahar, Afghanistan

    Severity 2 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt

  28. Conflict

    Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt

  29. Conflict

    Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Kabul · Source: gdelt

  30. Conflict

    Nuclear alert in Kabul, Afghanistan

    Severity 4 · Kabul · Source: gdelt

  31. Conflict

    Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt

  32. Conflict

    Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Kabul · Source: gdelt

  33. Conflict

    Military force used in Ghazni, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Ghazni · Source: gdelt

  34. Conflict

    Military force used in Ghazni, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Ghazni · Source: gdelt

  35. Conflict

    Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Kabul · Source: gdelt

  36. Conflict

    Military force used in Jalalabad, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Jalalabad · Source: gdelt

  37. Conflict

    Assault in Shabqadar, Afghanistan

    Severity 2 · Shabqadar · Source: gdelt

  38. Conflict

    Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt

  39. Conflict

    State-based conflict in Mardan, Afghanistan

    1 fatality · Mardan · Source: ucdp

  40. Unrest

    Demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Kabul · Source: gdelt

  41. Unrest

    Demonstration in Qandahar, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt

  42. Unrest

    Riot in Qandahar, Afghanistan

    Severity 4 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt

  43. Conflict

    Assault in Kabul, Afghanistan

    Severity 2 · Kabul · Source: gdelt

  44. Conflict

    Assault in Kabul, Afghanistan

    Severity 2 · Kabul · Source: gdelt

  45. Conflict

    Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Kabul · Source: gdelt

  46. Conflict

    Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt

  47. Conflict

    Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Kabul · Source: gdelt

  48. Conflict

    Assault in Shabqadar, Afghanistan

    Severity 2 · Shabqadar · Source: gdelt

  49. Conflict

    Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Kabul · Source: gdelt

  50. Conflict

    Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan

    Severity 3 · Kabul · 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.