“We call on religious scholars, elders, parents, and other influential members ... and protect the health of their children,” the minister added. Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan are ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — About 6.5 million children in Afghanistan were forecast to experience crisis levels of hunger in 2024, a nongovernmental organization said. Nearly three out of 10 Afghan ...

An old land mine found by children in eastern Afghanistan exploded while they were playing with it, killing nine children, a Taliban spokesperson said Monday. The mine, which the children found ...

On June 23, 2022, children sit surrounded by the rubble of houses damaged by the earthquake in Gayan district, Paktika Province, Afghanistan. The de facto authorities have requested the support of ...

FILE - Afghan Taliban's Acting Minister of Interior Sirajuddin Haqqani speaks during a ceremony in Kabul,, Afghanistan, May 11, 2023. Messages by two influential Taliban leaders in Afghanistan ...

Unexploded ordnance detonated Saturday in southern Afghanistan killing four children and injuring three others after the kids brought it inside their school, police and a doctor said. The incident ...

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UNICEF-supported female vaccination teams go where men cannot in Afghanistan to protect every child against polio. Two-year-old Abbas receives his oral polio vaccine from Morvarid, a UNICEF ...

Already high, the number of children put to work in Afghanistan is growing, fueled by the collapse of the economy after the Taliban took over the country and the world cut off financial aid just ...