A U.S. Labor Department report published in 2021 found that "Afghanistan made no advancement in efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor." While it's unclear how many children currently ...

“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 ...

FILE - Afghan children eat in a makeshift shelter after an earthquake in Gayan district in Paktika province, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 25, 2022. About 6.5 million children in Afghanistan were ...

UNICEF and partners are reaching children and families with urgently needed humanitarian assistance following a series of deadly quakes and aftershocks in western Afghanistan. On Oct.10 ...

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (Dec. 20, 2022) — The number of children needing humanitarian assistance rose more than 20% this year to 149 million, with Afghanistan then the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) most ...

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 ...

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 ...

The charity Save The Children UK has told Newsround that much more needs to be done to help children in Afghanistan who are going hungry. According to the United Nations, 3.2 million children ...

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 ...