2022 in Afghanistan

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See also:	Other events of 2022; List of years in Afghanistan

Events in the year 2022 in Afghanistan.

According to the United Nations Development Programme, by 2022, 97% of Afghans could fall under the poverty threshold, which would plunge the country into a major humanitarian crisis.^[1]

After the Fall of Kabul, in which the Islamist Taliban drove out the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan government after its 20-year rule, the Taliban promised to set up a new constitution for Afghanistan. The constitution is intended to be adopted in 2022.^[2]^[3]

The Islamic State continue their insurgency, carrying out many bombings. Afghanistan is also badly affected by earthquakes and flooding.

Incumbents

Photo

Post

Name

Dates

Supreme Leader

Hibatullah Akhundzada

15 August 2021 – present

Acting Prime Minister

Hasan Akhund

7 September 2021 – present

Chief Justice

Abdul Hakim Haqqani

15 August 2021 – present

Haqqani

Yaqoob

Baradar

Deputy Leader

15 August 2021 – present

Baradar

Hanafi

Kabir

Acting Deputy Prime Minister

7 September 2021 – present

Events

Ongoing

January

1 January – India sends 500,000 doses of Covaxin to Afghanistan as a part of a humanitarian aid program.^[4]^[5]
9 January – Faizullah Jalal, a professor at Kabul University and a critic of the Taliban, is arrested by the new Government of Afghanistan.^[6]^[7]
13 January – The 2022 Taliban dissension begins.^[8]
16 January – Last of the 2021–2022 Afghan protests
17 January – A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes Badghis Province, killing at least 26 people.^[9]
22 January – Herat bus bombing

February

2 February - Taliban reopens public universities across the country.^[10]
5 February – Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes – Tehrik-i-Taliban militants based in Afghanistan cross into Kurram District and attack a Pakistani Army checkpoint on the Durand Line, killing five Pakistani soldiers.^[11]^[12]
15 February – Death of Haider
24 February – Eight workers for a United Nations polio vaccination program are murdered in four different locations in northern Afghanistan.^[13]^[14]

March

4 March – Islamic State – Khorasan Province detonate a bomb in a mosque in Paktia Province, killing three people and injuring at least 24.^[15]

April

9 April – 2022 Afghanistan-Pakistan clashes
16 April – 2022 Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan
19 April – April 2022 Kabul school bombing
21 April – 2022 Mazar-i-Sharif mosque bombing
22 April – 2022 Kunduz mosque bombing
28 April – 28 April 2022 Mazar-i-Sharif bombings
29 April – April 2022 Kabul mosque bombing

May

1 May – Afghanistan's supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada made a public appearance on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr.
5 May – A series of floods kill 22 people.
25 May:
- May 2022 Kabul mosque bombing
- 2022 Mazar-i-Sharif minivan bombings

June

22 June – A magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes Khost Province, killing at least 1,163 people and injuring over 3,000. Over 25 villages were razed to the ground. The Barmal District was worst affected, with nearly half of the fatalities occurring there.^[16] 238 others were also killed in the Gayan District, where over 70% of the district's houses collapsed.^[16] The Spera District, closest to the earthquake's epicentre, experienced 40 fatalities, and the destruction of 500 homes.^[16] It is deadliest earthquake in Afghanistan since 1998.^[17]
29 June – Afghanistan Ulema gathering

November

10 November - Ministry of Virtue and Vice issues ban on women from entering parks and gyms throughout the country.^[18]
30 November - 2022 Aybak bombing

December

6 December - December 2022 Mazar-i-Sharif bombing^[19]
12 December - 2022 Kabul hotel attack^[20]
18 December - At least 20 people are killed when a tank truck overturns, explodes and catches fire in the Salang Tunnel.^[21]
20 December - Taliban bans Afghan women from attending universities cause of islamic shariyyah. Which gives them lots of opportunities. ^[22]

References

^ "97 percent of Afghans could plunge into poverty by mid 2022, says UNDP". United Nations Development Programme. Archived from the original on 2021-09-09. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
^ "Taliban plans to form 'commission' in 2022 to draft new constitution". ANI News. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
^ "In Afghanistan, Taliban states plan to form commission in 2022 to draft new constitution". ConstitutionNet. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
^ Bhattacherjee, Kallol (2022-01-01). "India gifts 5 lakh doses of Covaxin to Afghanistan". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
^ Mohan, Geeta (January 1, 2022). "India sends 5 lakh doses of Covaxin to Afghanistan as humanitarian aid". India Today. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
^ "Prominent Afghan professor arrested for criticising Taliban rule". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
^ "Taliban arrest Afghan professor after criticism". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2022-01-10.
^ "Afghanistan in Review January 3 – January 25, 2022 | Institute for the Study of War". Understandingwar.org. Retrieved 2022-07-05.
^ "Magnitude 5.6 quake hits western Afghanistan, killing more than 20". devdiscourse.com.
^ "Taliban: Afghan Public Universities to Begin Reopening Wednesday". Voice of America. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
^ "Five Pakistani soldiers killed in cross-border firing, army says". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
^ "Five soldiers martyred as Afghan-based terrorists target post in Kurram". DAWN. 2022-02-07. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
^ "UN Says 8 Polio Workers Killed in Afghanistan". Voice of America. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
^ "UN condemns brutal killing of eight polio workers in Afghanistan". UN News. 2022-02-24. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
^ Khan, Ismail; Masood, Salman (2022-03-04). "ISIS Claims Bombing of Pakistani Mosque, Killing Dozens". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Afghanistan: Earthquake – Jun 2022". reliefweb.int. 9 July 2022.
^ Dasgupta, Sravasti (22 June 2022). "Afghanistan earthquake: Death toll rises to 950 after major quake hits Paktika province". The Independent. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
^ "Taliban ban women from parks and gyms in Afghanistan". NBC News. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
^ "At least 7 killed in blast in north Afghanistan". Dawn.com. 6 December 2022.
^ Faiez, Rahim (12 December 2022). "Taliban: Assailants attack hotel in Afghan capital Kabul". ABC News. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
^ "Salang tunnel: 19 killed, dozens injured in fire". BBC. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
^ "Afghanistan: Taliban closes universities to women cause of islamic shariyyah. Which gives them lots of opportunities for woman". BBC. Retrieved 21 December 2022.

[1] "97 percent of Afghans could plunge into poverty by mid 2022, says UNDP". United Nations Development Programme. Archived from the original on 2021-09-09. Retrieved 2021-12-20.

[2] "Taliban plans to form 'commission' in 2022 to draft new constitution". ANI News. Retrieved 2021-12-20.

[3] "In Afghanistan, Taliban states plan to form commission in 2022 to draft new constitution". ConstitutionNet. Retrieved 2021-12-20.

[4] Bhattacherjee, Kallol (2022-01-01). "India gifts 5 lakh doses of Covaxin to Afghanistan". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-01-10.

[5] Mohan, Geeta (January 1, 2022). "India sends 5 lakh doses of Covaxin to Afghanistan as humanitarian aid". India Today. Retrieved 2022-01-10.

[6] "Prominent Afghan professor arrested for criticising Taliban rule". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-01-10.

[7] "Taliban arrest Afghan professor after criticism". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2022-01-10.

[understandingwar1-8] "Afghanistan in Review January 3 – January 25, 2022 | Institute for the Study of War". Understandingwar.org. Retrieved 2022-07-05.

[9] "Magnitude 5.6 quake hits western Afghanistan, killing more than 20". devdiscourse.com.

[10] "Taliban: Afghan Public Universities to Begin Reopening Wednesday". Voice of America. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

[11] "Five Pakistani soldiers killed in cross-border firing, army says". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-03-05.

[12] "Five soldiers martyred as Afghan-based terrorists target post in Kurram". DAWN. 2022-02-07. Retrieved 2022-03-05.

[13] "UN Says 8 Polio Workers Killed in Afghanistan". Voice of America. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-05.

[14] "UN condemns brutal killing of eight polio workers in Afghanistan". UN News. 2022-02-24. Retrieved 2022-03-05.

[15] Khan, Ismail; Masood, Salman (2022-03-04). "ISIS Claims Bombing of Pakistani Mosque, Killing Dozens". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-03-05.

[Reliefweb-16] "Afghanistan: Earthquake – Jun 2022". reliefweb.int. 9 July 2022.

[Dasgupta1-17] Dasgupta, Sravasti (22 June 2022). "Afghanistan earthquake: Death toll rises to 950 after major quake hits Paktika province". The Independent. Retrieved 22 June 2022.

[18] "Taliban ban women from parks and gyms in Afghanistan". NBC News. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

[19] "At least 7 killed in blast in north Afghanistan". Dawn.com. 6 December 2022.

[20] Faiez, Rahim (12 December 2022). "Taliban: Assailants attack hotel in Afghan capital Kabul". ABC News. Retrieved 2022-12-13.

[21] "Salang tunnel: 19 killed, dozens injured in fire". BBC. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

[22] "Afghanistan: Taliban closes universities to women cause of islamic shariyyah. Which gives them lots of opportunities for woman". BBC. Retrieved 21 December 2022.

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2022 in Asia
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Years in Afghanistan (1528–present)
16th century	1528
18th century	1729 1738
19th century	1823 1826 1834 1839 1840 1841 1842 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900
20th century	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
21st century	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2023 2024 2025

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