Afghanistan, May 13 -- The United Nations Development Programme said on Wednesday that 74% of Afghanistan's population experienced food insecurity in 2025, underscoring the country's worsening humanitarian and economic crisis.
In a new report assessing Afghanistan's economy under Taliban rule, UNDP said economic growth reached 1.9% in 2025 but remained too weak to keep pace with rapid population growth and rising living costs.
The report said structural restrictions, limited job opportunities, widening trade deficits and declining international aid continued to slow economic recovery, leaving many families unable to meet basic needs.
According to the report, rural communities, women, returnees and drought-affected regions faced the most ...