According to recent reports from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and UN OCHA, Afghanistan's most pressing challenge is a compounding humanitarian and economic crisis, with over 20 million people requiring urgent assistance to meet basic survival needs. This severe distress is driven by widespread poverty, severe aid funding shortfalls, climate shocks, and massive returnee displacement from neighboring countries. Furthermore, Human Rights Watch highlights that these hardships are further intensified by systemic Taliban restrictions that exclude women and girls from education, employment, and public life.

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