COMMON ANALYSIS | Last update: June 2026
- Some of the commonly reported types of harm to a civilian’s life or person in Afghanistan are killings, injuries, including due to explosions, and destruction of infrastructures.
- Additionally, as a consequence of the conflict between the Taliban and Pakistan, in October 2025 the latter has closed all border crossings with Afghanistan, including for trade. Civilians and humanitarian actors were instructed to evacuate on the Afghan side. Also, medicine import has been impacted as the Afghan de facto authorities have urged importers to stop importing medicine from Pakistan. Many Afghans reportedly struggle to buy ‘basic medicine’ as over 70 % of medicines used in Afghanistan was imported from Pakistan.
- A real risk of such serious harm would qualify as a threat to a (civilian’s) life or person in accordance with the provision of Article 15(c) QR.