Risk events in Afghanistan, May 2026
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561 events were recorded: 1 earthquake, 522 conflict events, and 38 unrest events.
561 eventsSources: gdelt
561 events· Afghanistan
ConflictUnrest
- Earthquake
- 1
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 522
- 47 in the list
- Unrest
- 38
- 3 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
561 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 4 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 2 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Faīẕābād, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Faīẕābād · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Ghazni, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Ghazni · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 4 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Afghanistan
Severity 3 · 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
Assault in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 2 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 4 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Jalalabad, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Jalalabad · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Shabqadar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Shabqadar · 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
Assault in Afghanistan
Severity 2 · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Afghanistan
Severity 3 · 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 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 Shabqadar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Shabqadar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Kabul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Jalalabad, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Jalalabad · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Panjshir, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Panjshir · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military posture change 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 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 Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration 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 Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 2 · 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 Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Kabul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 4 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Qandahar · 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.