Children

Three children have been killed when a landmine leftover from past wars exploded in the Bala Murghab district of western Badghis province.

Two children of a family have died and four others fell ill after being poisoned in southern Ghazni province.

Two children have been drowned and lost their lives in the Helmand River in Shahristan district of central Daikundi province, an official said on Saturday.

The Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) has reported nearly 2.9 million cases of malnourished women and children across the country over the past year.

A pediatric specialist has described anemia in children as a serious problem, warning that if not diagnosed and treated promptly, it can jeopardize all vital systems and organs.

Some women and child labourers in northern Balkh province have complained about low wages and lack of work opportunities and asked the government to provide them with permanent work.

PUL-I-ALAM (Pajhwok): Two children drowned in river and died in central Logar province separately, police said on Saturday. Police spokesman Ahmadullah Anas told . .

KABUL (Pajhwok): Public Health Department officials in eastern Nangarhar province say about 2,519 children with measles were hospitalized in last 15 months in the .

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): The number of children working in brick kilns has decreased in eastern Nangarhar province, says the Labor and Social Affairs Department. Previously 130

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Dozens of children of returning refugee families have been enrolled in schools in Dehdadi district of northern Balkh province, an official . . .

In Afghanistan, one in five children are engaged in child labor and the number of such children is high in Khost, Bamyan and Helmand provinces and less in Kabul, Badakhshan and Laghman provinces.

JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Afghan repatriated families in eastern Nangarhar province have expressed concerns about the education of their children and asked government to provided education facilities