2023 Afghanistan SHCC Factsheet

Health Worker Arrests and Detentions Almost Doubled in 2023 in Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan According to the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition, incidents of violence against or obstruction of health care continue to take place in Afghanistan, coming under attack at least 109 times in 2023. These incidents occurred against the backdrop of increasing humanitarian needs with two-thirds of the country’s population in need of humanitarian aid, restrictive laws and policies severely limiting women’s and girls’ access to basic services and public life, shrinking humanitarian space that restricts aid delivery and a USD 1 billion funding gap.