Afghanistan

HIGH RISKVerified events
Scoring: V1.8.1
Updated: 4/13/2026

Afghanistan's economic indicators show elevated risk signals. The strongest signal is in Civil War And Insurgency (29276 historical precedent windows). Also notable: Terrorist Attack and Foreign Intervention. Across all categories, 229,527 precedent windows were identified — meaning Afghanistan's trajectory matches historical trajectories of countries that experienced these event types.

Risk Breakdown by Category

Top Precedents by Pattern Tier

RankCategorySaliencePrecedentsLast Event
1Civil War And Insurgency2.00179022021
2Terrorist Attack1.77111192024
3Foreign Intervention1.59117752021
4Human Rights Violation1.1568422025
5Migration And Refugees0.9061762023
6Military Coup0.6140162021
7Elections And Voting0.5244932019
8Fiscal Policy Change0.3955712004
9Human Rights Reform0.3627902025
10Political Repression0.3241302001

Curated Events — Afghanistan

184 events (1990–present)
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2025
Pakistan-Afghanistan border tensions escalate over Durand Line
territorial disputes
2025
Taliban bans women from speaking in public and enforces full face veil
gender and womens rights
2025
International Court of Justice case on Taliban gender apartheid advances
human rights
2024
Taliban enacts Law on Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice
gender and womens rights
2024
Catastrophic flooding kills hundreds across northern Afghanistan
natural disaster
2024
ISKP conducts major attack on Moscow concert hall killing 145
terrorism and extremism
2023
Taliban bans women from working for NGOs and UN agencies
gender and womens rights
2023
Massive 6.3 magnitude earthquakes kill 1,400 in Herat Province
natural disaster
2023
UN Special Rapporteur accuses Taliban of gender apartheid
gender and womens rights
2023
Taliban resumes public executions and amputations
human rights

QGI surfaces economically-grounded risk candidates that analysts should examine. Risk tiers reflect historical precedent density, not probability forecasts.