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{{Short description|Afghanistan-related events during the year 2023}}
{{Year in Afghanistan|2023}}
{{Year in Afghanistan|2023}}
Events in the year '''[[2023]] in [[Afghanistan]]'''.
Events in the year '''[[2023]] 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]] heading into 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |title=97 percent of Afghans could plunge into poverty by mid 2022, says UNDP |url=https://www.undp.org/press-releases/97-percent-afghans-could-plunge-poverty-mid-2022-says-undp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909173607/https://www.undp.org/press-releases/97-percent-afghans-could-plunge-poverty-mid-2022-says-undp |archive-date=2021-09-09 |access-date=2021-12-20 |website=[[UNDP]] |language=en}}</ref>
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]] and [[famine]] approaching the capital [[Kabul]] and other major towns and cities in [[Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan|Afghanistan]], where millions of Afghan people starved to death, hundreds of thousands of more including men, women, children and babies are facing extreme acute hunger where heading into 2023.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=97 percent of Afghans could plunge into poverty by mid 2022, says UNDP |url=https://www.undp.org/press-releases/97-percent-afghans-could-plunge-poverty-mid-2022-says-undp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909173607/https://www.undp.org/press-releases/97-percent-afghans-could-plunge-poverty-mid-2022-says-undp |archive-date=2021-09-09 |access-date=2021-12-20 |website=[[UNDP]] |language=en}}</ref>


In January 2023, the [[Taliban]] officials reported deaths of at least 157 people due to [[Afghanistan]]’s harsh winter. The number had doubled in less than a week. The impact was worsened after the Taliban banned female [[NGO]] workers. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/24/asia/afghanistan-freezing-temperature-deaths-taliban-intl-hnk/index.html|title=Extreme cold kills more than 150 people in Afghanistan, Taliban says|accessdate=24 January 2023|website=CNN}}</ref>
In January 2023, the [[Taliban]] officials reported deaths of at least 157 people due to [[Afghanistan]]’s harsh winter. The number had doubled in less than a week. The impact was worsened after the Taliban banned female [[NGO]] workers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/24/asia/afghanistan-freezing-temperature-deaths-taliban-intl-hnk/index.html|title=Extreme cold kills more than 150 people in Afghanistan, Taliban says|accessdate=24 January 2023|website=CNN}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=March 2024}}


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* 21 May - Two people are killed when an [[MD Helicopters MD 530|MD-530 helicopter]] crashes into power lines in [[Samangan Province]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-21 |title=Afghan ministry says helicopter crash kills 2 crewmembers during patrol in country's north |url=https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-taliban-helicopter-crash-crewmembers-killed-4982dc5ee3880b6cfbc3102e1463da90 |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}</ref>
* 21 May - Two people are killed when an [[MD Helicopters MD 530|MD-530 helicopter]] crashes into power lines in [[Samangan Province]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-21 |title=Afghan ministry says helicopter crash kills 2 crewmembers during patrol in country's north |url=https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-taliban-helicopter-crash-crewmembers-killed-4982dc5ee3880b6cfbc3102e1463da90 |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}</ref>


=== Scheduled ===
=== June ===

* 4 June - Seventy-seven [[primary school]] girls are hospitalised after a poison attack on two schools in [[Sancharak District|Sancharak]], [[Sar-e Pol Province|Sar-e Pol]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Almost 80 schoolgirls poisoned, hospitalised in northern Afghanistan |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/afghanistan-schoolgirls-poisoned-primary-taliban-3538031 |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=CNA |language=en}}</ref>
* 6 June - The deputy governor of [[Afghanistan]]'s [[Badakhshan Province]] and his driver are killed and six civilians injured when a [[Suicide attack|suicide]] [[Car bomb|car bomber]] [[Vehicle-ramming attack|rams]] their vehicle in [[Fayzabad, Badakhshan|Fayzabad]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taliban provincial governor killed in car bomb attack – DW – 06/06/2023 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/taliban-provincial-governor-killed-in-car-bomb-attack/a-65835136 |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=dw.com |language=en}}</ref>
* 8 June - [[2023 Fayzabad mosque bombing]]: At least 11 people are killed and 30 others are injured by a [[car bomb]] outside a [[mosque]] in [[Fayzabad, Badakhshan|Fayzabad]], during a prayer service for the deputy governor of [[Badakhshan Province]] who was killed two days ago. The [[Islamic State – Khorasan Province|Islamic State]] claimed responsibility.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-06-08 |title=Afghanistan blast: Taliban officials targeted at mosque prayers |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-65842605 |access-date=2023-08-15}}</ref>
* 11 June - Three people are killed and three others are injured after border clashes near the [[North Waziristan District]], [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], [[Pakistan]], on the [[Afghanistan–Pakistan border barrier|Afghanistan–Pakistan border]].

=== July ===

* 17 July - Three children are killed and two others are injured when a [[Mortar (weapon)|mortar]] [[warhead]] explodes in [[Dara-i Sufi Payin District]], [[Samangan Province]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-07-18 |title=Mine Explosion Kills 3, Injures 2 in Afghanistan's Samangan |language=en-US |work=Khaama Press |url=https://www.khaama.com/mine-explosion-kills-3-injures-2-in-afghanistans-samangan/ |access-date=2023-08-15}}</ref>
* 23 July - [[Flash flood|Flash floods]] in [[Kabul Province|Kabul]], the [[Ghazni Province|Ghazni]] and [[Maidan Wardak Province|Maidan Wardak]] provinces, have killed at least 31 people, injured 74 others, and left 41 missing in the past three days. Around 250 [[livestock]] are also killed.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-23 |title=Heavy rains in Afghanistan and Pakistan unleash flash floods that killed dozens of people |url=https://apnews.com/article/rain-floods-afghanistan-be47a5732198909836a9f855074289d1 |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>
* 26 July - The [[Taliban]] orders beauty salons in Afghanistan to close despite [[United Nations]] concern and rare public protests.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-25 |title=Taliban orders beauty salons in Afghanistan to close despite UN concern and rare public protest |url=https://apnews.com/article/taliban-beauty-salon-ban-women-rights-66c7151465679565d6332b61bf18a584 |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>

=== August ===

* 14 August - At least three people are killed and seven others are injured in an explosion at a hotel in [[Khost]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-14 |title=Blast in eastern Afghanistan kills 3, wounds 7 at hotel frequented by Pakistani refugees |url=https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-khost-hotel-explosion-22ca61cffbe16b10157c64feee23872c |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>

=== October ===

* 7 October - [[2023 Herat earthquakes]]: At least 2,445 people are killed and 9,240 others are injured when two magnitude 6.3 [[List of earthquakes in Afghanistan|earthquakes]] strike [[Herat Province]].<ref name=":0" />
* 11 October - A magnitude 6.3 [[aftershock]] strikes near [[Herat]], killing at least one person and injuring 65 others. It comes days after two earthquakes of the same magnitude struck the same area and killed thousands.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-11 |title=یک مقام طالبان: در اثر زلزله امروز هرات ۱۲۰ تن زخمی شده اند |url=https://da.azadiradio.com/a/32632288.html |access-date=2023-10-11 |website=رادیو آزادی}}</ref>
* 15 October -
** [[Herat Province]] is struck by another [[Moment magnitude scale|magnitude]] 6.3 [[earthquake]], killing a person and injuring over 100 others, several days after a [[2023 Herat earthquakes|series of powerful earthquakes]] killed over 1,000 people in the province.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-10-15 |title=Afghanistan hit by third earthquake in a week |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67114332 |access-date=2023-10-15}}</ref>
** The [[Taliban]] [[Government of Afghanistan|government]] confirms that it will attend the [[Belt and Road Initiative]] forum in [[Beijing]], [[China]], next week, as the countries form closer economic ties, including the potential construction of a large [[Copper extraction|copper mine]] in [[Logar Province]], eastern Afghanistan.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yawar |first=Mohammad Yunus |last2=Greenfield |first2=Charlotte |date=2023-10-14 |title=Exclusive: Taliban to join China's Belt and Road forum, elevating ties |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taliban-join-chinas-belt-road-forum-elevating-ties-2023-10-14/ |access-date=2023-10-15}}</ref>

=== November ===

* 8 November - [[November 2023 Kabul bombing]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-08 |title=Islamic State group claims responsibility for a minibus explosion in Afghan capital that killed 7 |url=https://apnews.com/article/mini-bus-blast-shiite-neighborhood-west-kabul-3892f9fc6c3d7484ee4b335b5b7f10b8 |access-date=2023-11-10 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>

=== December ===

* 29 December — [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kazakhstan)|Kazakh Foreign Ministry]] spokesman Aybek Smadiyarov stated in an interview with [[Kazinform]] that the [[Taliban]] is not designated as a [[List of designated terrorist groups|terrorist organization]] by the [[United Nations Security Council|UN Security Council]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-29 |title=Kazakhstan removes Taliban from list of prohibited organizations |url=https://en.inform.kz/news/kazakhstan-removes-taliban-from-list-of-prohibited-organizations-156ee3/ |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=[[Kazinform]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-30 |title=Kazakhstan removes Taliban from list of terrorist organizations |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/kazakhstan-removes-taliban-from-list-of-terrorist-organizations/3096203 |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=[[Anadolu Agency]]}}</ref>
* 31 December — [[Taliban]] [[defense minister]] [[Mullah Yaqoob]] says that security forces have killed or arrested several militants from [[Tajikistan]] and [[Pakistan]] who are accused of multiple attacks in Afghanistan.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-31 |title=Taliban say security forces killed dozens of Tajiks, Pakistanis involved in attacks in Afghanistan |url=https://apnews.com/article/taliban-tajikistan-pakistan-afghanistan-islamic-state-31bed8f6401cd934ff2c4d0b8e079882 |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>

== Sports ==
* June – [[Afghan cricket team in Bangladesh 2023]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=FTP Cycle 2023-2027: Bangladesh National Men's Cricket Team's Full Fixtures |url=https://www.unb.com.bd/category/sports/ftp-cycle-2023-2027-bangladesh-national-mens-cricket-teams-full-fixtures/99164 |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=www.unb.com.bd}}</ref>
* June – [[Afghan cricket team in Bangladesh 2023]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=FTP Cycle 2023-2027: Bangladesh National Men's Cricket Team's Full Fixtures |url=https://www.unb.com.bd/category/sports/ftp-cycle-2023-2027-bangladesh-national-mens-cricket-teams-full-fixtures/99164 |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=www.unb.com.bd}}</ref>

* September-October – [[Afghanistan at the 2022 Asian Games]]


== References ==
== References ==

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Events in the year 2023 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 and famine approaching the capital Kabul and other major towns and cities in Afghanistan, where millions of Afghan people starved to death, hundreds of thousands of more including men, women, children and babies are facing extreme acute hunger where heading into 2023.[1]

In January 2023, the Taliban officials reported deaths of at least 157 people due to Afghanistan’s harsh winter. The number had doubled in less than a week. The impact was worsened after the Taliban banned female NGO workers.[2][citation needed]

Incumbents

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Photo Post Name Dates
Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada 15 August 2021 – present (2021-08-15 – present)
Acting Prime Minister Hasan Akhund 7 September 2021 – present (2021-09-07 – present)
Chief Justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani 15 August 2021 – present (2021-08-15 – present)
Haqqani
Yaqoob
Baradar
 Deputy Leader
15 August 2021 – present (2021-08-15 – present)
Baradar
Hanafi
Kabir
 Acting Deputy Prime Minister
7 September 2021 – present (2021-09-07 – present)

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  • 14 August - At least three people are killed and seven others are injured in an explosion at a hotel in Khost.[21]

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References

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  29. ^ "FTP Cycle 2023-2027: Bangladesh National Men's Cricket Team's Full Fixtures". www.unb.com.bd. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
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