Najiba, 24, keeps a constant watch over her baby, Artiya, one of around four million children at risk of dying from ...

In Afghanistan, around 22 million people need humanitarian assistance, and over 11 million of them are children.

As a ruthless magnitude 6.0 earthquake ripped through eastern Afghanistan this week, it flattened entire mountain villages and shattered the fragile lives of thousands, particularly children, who were ...

A worsening malnutrition crisis is having dire effects on women and girls in Afghanistan who are failed by the international ...

KABUL, 16 December 2025 – More than one in three children are facing severe hunger in Afghanistan this winter - an increase of 18% from a year ago - underscoring the urgent need for increased aid as ...

UNICEF is working with partners to provide emergency supplies and services for children and families devastated by the Aug. 31 earthquake. The needs are enormous. Learn more, including how to help. On ...

Timely intervention from a UNICEF-supported social worker stopped Farima, 12, from being forced into child marriage in Afghanistan. But foreign aid funding cuts are undermining the services that ...

KABUL, Afghanistan -- A group of gunmen stormed a non-governmental children's organization in eastern Nangarhar province on Wednesday, killing two, provincial officials said. Attahullah Khogyani, ...

More than 90% of the people killed by a 6.3-magnitude earthquake in western Afghanistan last weekend were women and children, U.N. officials reported Thursday. Taliban officials said Saturday's ...