2022 in Afghanistan explained

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
	Acting Prime Minister	Hasan Akhund
	Chief Justice	Abdul Hakim Haqqani
	Deputy Leader
	Acting Deputy Prime Minister

Events

Ongoing

• Afghan conflict
  • Islamic State–Taliban conflict
  • Republican insurgency in Afghanistan
  • Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes
  • Killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri
• COVID-19 pandemic in Afghanistan

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. The Spera District, closest to the earthquake's epicentre, experienced 40 fatalities, and the destruction of 500 homes. It is deadliest earthquake in Afghanistan since 1998.^[17]
• 29 June – Afghanistan Ulema gathering

July

• 31 July - Killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri

August

• 5 August - 5 August 2022 Kabul bombing
• 17 August - August 2022 Kabul mosque bombing

September

• 2 September - 2022 Herat mosque bombing
• 5 September
  • Bombing of the Russian embassy in Kabul
  • September 2022 Afghanistan earthquake
• 23 September - September 2022 Kabul mosque bombing
• 30 September - September 2022 Kabul school bombing

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]

See also

• Terrorist incidents in Afghanistan in 2022

Notes and References

1. Web site: 97 percent of Afghans could plunge into poverty by mid 2022, says UNDP. live. 2021-12-20. United Nations Development Programme. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20210909173607/https://www.undp.org/press-releases/97-percent-afghans-could-plunge-poverty-mid-2022-says-undp . 2021-09-09 .
2. Web site: Taliban plans to form 'commission' in 2022 to draft new constitution. 2021-12-20. ANI News. en.
3. Web site: In Afghanistan, Taliban states plan to form commission in 2022 to draft new constitution. 2021-12-20. ConstitutionNet. en.
4. News: Bhattacherjee. Kallol. 2022-01-01. India gifts 5 lakh doses of Covaxin to Afghanistan. en-IN. The Hindu. 2022-01-10. 0971-751X.
5. Web site: January 1, 2022. Geeta. Mohan. India sends 5 lakh doses of Covaxin to Afghanistan as humanitarian aid. 2022-01-10. India Today. en.
6. Web site: Prominent Afghan professor arrested for criticising Taliban rule. 2022-01-10. www.aljazeera.com. en.
7. News: Taliban arrest Afghan professor after criticism. Bangkok Post. 2022-01-10.
8. Web site: Afghanistan in Review January 3 – January 25, 2022 | Institute for the Study of War . Understandingwar.org . 2022-07-05.
9. Web site: Magnitude 5.6 quake hits western Afghanistan, killing more than 20. devdiscourse.com.
10. News: Taliban: Afghan Public Universities to Begin Reopening Wednesday. Voice of America. 19 December 2022.
11. Web site: Five Pakistani soldiers killed in cross-border firing, army says . 2022-03-05 . www.aljazeera.com . en.
12. Web site: Correspondent . The Newspaper's . 2022-02-07 . Five soldiers martyred as Afghan-based terrorists target post in Kurram . 2022-03-05 . dawn.com . en.
13. Web site: UN Says 8 Polio Workers Killed in Afghanistan . 2022-03-05 . Voice of America . 24 February 2022 . en.
14. Web site: 2022-02-24 . UN condemns brutal killing of eight polio workers in Afghanistan . 2022-03-05 . UN News . en.
15. News: Khan . Ismail . Masood . Salman . 2022-03-04 . ISIS Claims Bombing of Pakistani Mosque, Killing Dozens . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-03-05 . 0362-4331.
16. Web site: Afghanistan: Earthquake – Jun 2022. reliefweb.int. 9 July 2022 .
17. News: Dasgupta . Sravasti . Afghanistan earthquake: Death toll rises to 950 after major quake hits Paktika province . 22 June 2022 . . 22 June 2022.
18. News: Taliban ban women from parks and gyms in Afghanistan . NBC News. 19 December 2022.
19. News: 6 December 2022 . At least 7 killed in blast in north Afghanistan . Dawn.com .
20. Web site: Faiez . Rahim . 12 December 2022 . Taliban: Assailants attack hotel in Afghan capital Kabul . 2022-12-13 . ABC News . en.
21. News: Salang tunnel: 19 killed, dozens injured in fire. BBC. 19 December 2022.
22. News: Afghanistan: Taliban closes universities to women cause of islamic shariyyah. Which gives them lots of opportunities for woman.. BBC. 21 December 2022.