Afghanistan Tension Score
indexed · 49 days on fileLive 0–100 tension reading for Afghanistan, built by our own engine from 19,188 world headlines in the last 30 days. Refreshed every 10 minutes; a fresh headline count twice a day.
Where Afghanistan stands
#36 of 197 countries today, #4 of 44 in Asia-Pacific (region score 45). Tension is easing this week.
Same 0–100 scale and zones as the World Tension Index.
Afghanistan news pulse
49 headlines in 30 days · newest firstEvery story the engine read that names Afghanistan, its capital or its leaders. Links go to the original outlet; the badge is the engine’s own 0–100 tension weight. This list is what moves the number above.
What is driving Afghanistan’s tension score
last 30 days- 79 headlines in 30 days — 0.41% of everything the engine read, in line with the previous 30 days (55).
- 25% of those were violent (attacks, strikes, casualties) and 33% scored as high-tension stories.
- Conflicts on the roster: Afghan Conflict (dormant), Insurgencies in Pakistan (dormant).
- Region: Asia-Pacific reads 45 today; it carries 15% of this score.
Read it like this. Attention (how much the world is talking about Afghanistan) is the biggest input at 30%. Violence and high-tension share tell you what kind of talk it is. A country can be loud and calm — an election, a summit — or quiet and dangerous. The mix is the point.
Afghanistan tension month by month
average score, headline counts| Month | Avg score | Zone | Headlines | Violent | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 33.6 | Calm | 17 | 5 | 5 |
| October 2026 | 40.7 | Stable | 80 | 25 | 31 |
| September 2026 | 39.3 | Stable | 37 | 26 | 13 |
Record for Afghanistan began on 18 September 2026. Nothing is revised after the fact.
How the Afghanistan score is built
Five inputs, fixed weights. Attention 30% (share of world coverage), violence 25% and high-tension share 15% (what kind of coverage), roster conflicts 15%, and the Asia-Pacific region score 15%. A momentum nudge (+6 / −4) rewards a country whose coverage is accelerating or fading.
Same physics as the world score. The number rises 85% of the way to its new level at once and falls no faster than 3 points a day — fear arrives fast and leaves slowly.
No third-party index inside. Every count comes from the 41 public news feeds our engine reads itself; the full method is on the methodology page. Data is free under CC BY 4.0 via the API.
Questions people ask about Afghanistan
Is Afghanistan in a war right now?
Yes, by our roster: Afghan Conflict, Insurgencies in Pakistan. Status is updated on every full cycle.
Is tension in Afghanistan rising or falling?
Easing: down 6 points in 7 days.
How does Afghanistan compare with the rest of Asia-Pacific?
Below its region: Afghanistan reads 31 against 45 for Asia-Pacific, ranking #4 of 44 there.
Keep exploring
Same region
Pakistan 36 · North Korea 33 · India 33 · China 29 · South Korea 26 · Australia 26
The bigger picture
All countries on the map · Asia-Pacific · World Tension Index · active conflicts · escalation watchlist
Afghanistan and world tension: the long view
evergreen · World Tension Meter teamTaliban rule, regional spill-over. Afghanistan under the Taliban hosts militants that attack Pakistan and exports refugees and heroin. Its humanitarian crisis and its border with Iran keep it in the corpus.
What our engine watches in Afghanistan
- Attacks on and from Pakistan
- Humanitarian and aid cut-off headlines
- Iran and Central Asia border incidents