The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) says in 2023 around 875,000 children in Afghanistan are still expected to suffer from severe wasting. UNICEF tweeted: “Green= healthy! But in 2023, around 875,000 children in Afghanistan are still…
Educational centers named ‘friendly classes’ have been established for hundreds of children involved in hard labor in southeastern Khost province. Maulvi Amir Sahib Jan Haqqani, director of social and labor affairs, told Pajhwok Afghan News that about…
Pajhwok Afghan News findings show at least 11 children died after falling into wells in the last six months in the country. Most of these incidents happened in Helmand and Kandahar provinces, with some local residents blaming the…
A woman in Dehdad district of northern Balkh province has paved the way for dozens of children to get free education. About 100 boys and girls are taught lessons at the teaching facility, who have been deprived of…
The international programme director at Save the Children called on the deputy foreign minister in Kabul. Nora Ingdal and the delegation led by her met Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai at the Storai Place in Kabul. Nora briefed Stanikzai…
The Department of Labor and Social Affairs of eastern Nangarhar province on Tuesday said 100 girls and boys graduated from vocational training in different skills and were distributed relevant equipment. Before their training, the children were engaged in…
Turkey's ambassador to Afghanistan says relations between Afghanistan and his country are on a positive trajectory. A statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Maulvi Amir Khan Mottaqi met with…
Civil society activists in northern Takhar province say children have started playing with wood-made guns in the province instead of going to school. They linked the trend of playing with wood-made guns with negative fallouts of continued war…
NEILI (Pajhwok) Sixty educational and vocational classrooms have been created for over 4,000 children in central Daikundi province, officials said Thursday. The provincial office of the Movement for Protection Organization (MPO) in Daikundi, which works for the protection of children's…
A Turkish charity organization on Monday distributed food aid to 450 orphaned children in southeastern Khost province. The aid included 50 kilograms of flour, seven kilograms of rice and 10 liters of oil. EhsanShami, an official of…
The Ministry of Public Health has announced that it is working to control child malnutrition in the country. A day earlier, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) tweeted as the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan deepens, eight cases of…
Health experts deny reports in social media and some media outlets that the Omicron variant of coronavirus also affects children and their death toll is high, saying that the spread of the virus among minors is fast but…
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says due to deepening humanitarian crisis, the Indira Gandhi Children’s Hospital receives up to eight cases of malnutrition each day. UNICEF tweeted: "It is my responsibility to help my people in their time…
Officials of the Provincial Hospital in western Ghor province on Thursday 2100 children were hospitalized suffering from measles and malnourishment and 72 of them had died. Dr. Abdul Hamid Noori, the hospital director, told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
Health officials in central Uruzgan province on Wednesday said measles cases among children in the province had increased in absence of vaccination. Dr. Abdul Ghafar Watanwal, head of Uruzgan Provincial Hospital, in an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan…
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned of a possible death of a million children in Afghanistan if immediate action is not taken. UNICEF has once again expressed concern over the plight of malnourished children in Afghanistan.…
The Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) says doctors of non-governmental organization Peace Village would arrive in Kabul on Thursday to identify children with severe burns or bone fracture for sending them to Germany for treatment. Germany’s Peace Village International …
The Education Department in eastern Kunar province says 500 classrooms have been established for 15,000 rural children who were out of schools. Mohibullah Haidari, director of education department, told Pajhwok Afghan News the classrooms were opened with financial…
The government has ordered military officials not to recruit people in the military who did not complete the required age otherwise the Ministry of AmrBilMaruf and Nahi Anil Munkar will remove them from the military ranks. Bakhtar News…
Officials of the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) on Tuesday said 2.2 million children in the country suffered from moderate to severe malnutrition and one million from acute malnutrition. On the other hand, 928 cases of children’s malnutrition…
For the first time in western Farah province, 600 local classes have been set up by Welfare Association for the Development of Afghanistan (Wadan), providing access to education for thousands of local children. ShafiqullahBabakarkhil, provincial director of…
Children in western Badghis province wish establishment of full peace in their province so they would be able study in a safe environment and have a bright future. Samiullah, a 10-year-old child in Badghis province, sings songs for…
Orphaned children in western Badghis province, who lost their fathers to the war, hope that peace would remain forever in Afghanistan and that the government would provide them with better education. More than four decades of war and…
About 3.2 million Afghan children under 5 may suffer from acute malnutrition by the end of the current year, warns the World Health Organization (WHO). With health workers unpaid for eight months, the WHO also voiced its concern…
