Since August 2021, the ARTF has followed a stepwise approach. First, in the immediate aftermath of the political and economic crisis, the ARTF, in close consultation and coordination with donors and partners, provided humanitarian gap financing under Approach 1.0. Shortly after the immediate support, ARTF support shifted to essential basic services support under Approach 2.0 in early 2022, which included health, food security, resilience and livelihoods, education, and water services. 
 
In early 2024, Approach 3.0 was endorsed. This approach aimed to sustain the basic services results achieved to date and deployed International Development Association (IDA) resources to complement funding from the ARTF. The “principled approach”—services delivery for and by women—that helped continue delivering equitable access to services under the earlier approaches remains front and center under Approach 3.0. The current approach involves off-budget support beyond the control of the Interim Taliban Administration (ITA) and is underpinned by third-party monitoring.