Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan continues to face a serious and worsening humanitarian crisis. It is affecting just under half of the population, with 18.9 million people facing acute food insecurity. Over 6 million people have been internally displaced, and millions of children are out of school. The recent earthquake in eastern Afghanistan on June 22 has exacerbated humanitarian needs.

On 11 January 2022, the UN launched an appeal for $4.4 billion for 2022, the largest humanitarian appeal on record, reflecting the magnitude of the humanitarian challenge ahead. On 31 March 2022, the UK co-hosted a donor conference with the UN, Qatar and Germany and the UK committed £286 million for 2022/2023. The conference raised over $2.4 billion for the UN's humanitarian appeal.