Nine ailing Afghan children needing open heart surgeries have arrived in Pakistan, officials said. The children will undergo operations free of cost at the Al-Khidmat Hospital in Lahore, the capital of Punjab province. Late on Friday, Al-Khidmat Foundation…
Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has embarked on the enrollment of Afghan refugee children in schools. An official of the KP Elementary and Secondary Education Department said out-of-school Afghan refugee children were being enrolled and a plan for achieving…
An appeal to raise money for a million Afghan children at risk of dying this winter is set to be launched today (Wednesday). The Disasters Emergency Committee’s appeal seeks funds for member charities to urgently respond to conflict,…
Four minors from Afghanistan have been found squeezed along with a young man inside truck by traffic police near Italy’s southern city of Caserta, a news report said on Monday. The underage Afghans were found inside the truck’s…
The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has ordered the repatriation of 10 Afghan children who were smuggled into Pakistan. The court instructed police to give the children’s custody to the Afghan consulate and ensure they were reunited with their…
KABUL for children for the fifth year on the trot. Over 3,000 Afghan children were killed in 2019 and nearly as many maimed by ground fighting, improvised explosive devices and suicide attacks, the UN chief said on Monday. In an…
KABUL (MoE) said on Thursday. A statement from the MoE in connection with the International Day of the Girl Child said Afghanistan was celebrating the day at a time when 3.5 million girls went to schools nationwide. The education ministry…
KABUL with new assistance to UNICEF of $8.1 million. The grant is a part of the overall support for the wellbeing of mothers and children, with focus on health, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene, through the scale-up of the system…
About 3.7 million Afghan children are out of school due to the on-going conflict, grinding poverty and discrimination against girls, an UN agency said on Sunday. In a new report, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Almost half…
China has vowed to continue providing medical treatment for Afghan children suffering from heart ailments. Xin Lei, deputy head for Asian affairs at the Chinese foreign ministry, held out the promise during a meeting with a deletion of…
KABUL. At least 10 of the country’s 34 districts were worst hit while 20 to 30 percent if water sources are going dry, threatening the lives of about a million people, UNICEF said in a statement. An additional two million…
KABUL (ARCS) on Tuesday said China will provide free medical treatment for 25 Afghan children with congenital heart diseases (CHD). Nilab Mubariz, secretary ARCS told a press conference here that eight boys and 17 girls aged between 10 to 12…
Iran has been deporting up to 50 Afghan refugee children into western Herat province on a daily basis, local officials said on Thursday. The provincial Refugees and Repatriation Department head, Javed Naadim, told Pajhwok Afghan News currently…
The Afghan government has signed and put into force a child protection policy, shielding children from the adverse effects of armed conflict. Minister of Defence Tariq Shah Bahrami signed the initiative -- the outcome of a year-long Afghan-led…
Many children say if they become president, establishing schools and paying more attention to security will be their top priority. More than half of children are not familiar with the celebration of their birthdays, but most of them…
Doctors in northwestern China have performed lifesaving surgeries on 17 Afghan children with congenital heart disease, the first of many expected to receive help through an ongoing Red Cross program. A child with congenital heart disease from…
Twenty-one children from Afghanistan with congenital heart disease have arrived in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, to receive free surgical treatment, a media report said on Wednesday. The children, all under age 14, are the first to benefit…
KABUL of China (RCSC) on Sunday said 20 Afghan children suffering from Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) or ‘a hole in the heart’ would be treated in China during a fortnight. The Chinese delegation vowed increasing its support to the Afghan…
KABUL on Wednesday expressed concern over the situation of Afghan children and called for protection of child rights. Franz-Michael Skjold Mellbin was speaking at a ceremony marking ‘Europe Day’ in Kabul, attended by students of a government high school and…
The Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) on Monday said it was concerned about illegally sending children to Europe by families in Kabul, Ghazni and Nangarhar provinces. AREU officials expressed the concern at a day-long seminar they held…
KABUL on Sunday handed over 27 Afghan children to their parents on personal sureties, who were taken into custody when a pickup truck was transporting them to refugee camp in Akora Khattak a day earlier, media reports. Pakistani media reported said…
