Risk events in Afghanistan, April 2026
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.
644 events were recorded: 5 earthquakes, 611 conflict events, and 28 unrest events.
644 eventsSources: gdelt · ucdp · usgs
644 events· Afghanistan
ConflictUnrestEarthquake
- Earthquake
- 5
- 1 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 611
- 42 in the list
- Unrest
- 28
- 1 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
644 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Khost, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Khost · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 2 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Jalalabad, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Jalalabad · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Jalalabad, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Jalalabad · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Jalalabad, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Jalalabad · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Kabul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Kabul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Shabqadar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Shabqadar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ghazni, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Ghazni · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Kabul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 2 · Kabul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 2 · Kabul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Kabul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 2 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Kabul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Kabul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Kabul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 2 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Khost, Afghanistan
4 fatalities · Khost · Source: ucdp
- Conflict
Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Kabul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Kabul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Jalalabad, Afghanistan
Severity 2 · Jalalabad · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Jalalabad, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Jalalabad · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 4 · Kabul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 2 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Andkhōy, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Andkhōy · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Shabqadar, Afghanistan
1 fatality · Shabqadar · Source: ucdp
- Earthquake
M5.8 — 37 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan
M5.8 · Faīẕābād · Source: usgs
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Shabqadar, Afghanistan
2 fatalities · Shabqadar · 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.