{"id":5123,"date":"2026-01-07T05:45:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T05:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/01\/07\/un-afghanistan-half-population-urban-2060\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T05:45:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T05:45:21","slug":"un-afghanistan-half-population-urban-2060","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/01\/07\/un-afghanistan-half-population-urban-2060\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Predicts Half of Afghanistan\u2019s Population Will Be Urban by 2060"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) has stated that Afghanistan\u2019s future is becoming increasingly urban, with half of the country\u2019s population expected to live in cities by 2060. The agency emphasizes that such a significant transformation will occur within a relatively short time frame and requires serious preparedness.<\/p>\n<p>According to UN-Habitat, urban growth could become an opportunity for sustainable development, economic growth, and improved public welfare\u2014provided that urban planning, equitable access to services, and proper resource management are prioritized.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, experts warn that without clear and responsive policies, the rising urban population could intensify pressure on infrastructure, housing, water, health, and labor markets; a challenge that, under the current conditions in Afghanistan and Taliban governance, raises serious concerns about institutional capacity and decision-making transparency.<\/p>\n<p>International organizations stress that managing Afghanistan\u2019s urban future demands broad collaboration, long-term vision, and attention to the rights and needs of all city residents to ensure this demographic shift does not turn into a social and economic crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UN-Habitat forecasts that by 2060, half of Afghanistan&#8217;s population will live in cities, urging urgent urban planning and resource management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-social-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}