Risk events in Afghanistan, August 2026
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403 events were recorded: 3 earthquakes, 371 conflict events, and 29 unrest events.
403 eventsSources: usgs · gdelt
403 events· Afghanistan
ConflictUnrestEarthquake
- Earthquake
- 3
- 3 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 371
- 44 in the list
- Unrest
- 29
- 3 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
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How the picture is moving
Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days
Events by type
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Events per day
| Date | Earthquake | Disaster | Conflict | Unrest | Advisory | Fire hotspots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-01 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-02 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-03 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-04 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-05 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-06 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-07 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-08 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-09 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-08-10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-12 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-08-13 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-08-14 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-15 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-16 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-17 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-08-18 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-08-19 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-20 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-08-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-08-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-08-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026-08-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-08-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-08-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Events
What is happening now
403 events · newest first
- Earthquake
M4.5 — 26 km SW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan
M4.5 · Ishkashim (Eshkashem) · Source: usgs
- Earthquake
M4.9 — 4 km NNE of Jalālābād, Afghanistan
M4.9 · Jalalabad · Source: usgs
- Conflict
Military force used in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Nuclear alert in Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 4 · Kabul · 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 Ghazni, Afghanistan
Severity 2 · 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
Assault in Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 2 · Kabul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 2 · Kabul · 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
Assault in Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 2 · Kabul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 2 · Kabul · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Zhob, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Zhob · 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 Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Qandahar · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 2 · Kabul · 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 Kandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Kandahar · 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
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 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 Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Kabul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Kabul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Faīẕābād, Afghanistan
Severity 2 · Faīẕābād · 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
- Earthquake
M5.2 — 52 km SSW of Jurm, Afghanistan
M5.2 · Ishkashim (Eshkashem) · Source: usgs
- Conflict
Assault in Qandahar, Afghanistan
Severity 2 · 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 Kholm, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Kholm · 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
Assault in Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 2 · Kabul · 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
Assault in Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 2 · Kabul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Assault in Kabul, Afghanistan
Severity 2 · Kabul · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Kholm, Afghanistan
Severity 3 · Kholm · 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.