A charity organization in Kabul has been providing free education to 90 needy children and its officials say they want to double that number in the near future. In an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, Mahmood Siddiqui,…
Passengers traveling to Pakistan via Torkham on Saturday said Afghan and Pakistani government officials should facilitate their movement. The passengers demand that patients and children should be allowed to travel without passports or visas, but officials say no…
Education experts say private schools reserve no right to ask for tuition fee from students of quarantine period when they provided no services. They say private schools’ administration in coordination with the Ministry of Education acted like mafia…
War-affected children are yearning for peace and a secure life as the Afghan peace process remains deadlocked. When their dream will come true is unclear. Some sources say the 43-year-old war in Afghanistan has left more than a…
Marking World Children’s Day, officials on Tuesday expressed concern over the bad situation of children in Afghanistan, saying five million minors were vulnerable in the country. The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs on Tuesday organized an event…
Many people, most of them children have infected with a mysterious disease causing stomach distension in southern Helmand province, local officials said Monday. Abdul Bari, a resident of Helmand province, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the stomach of…
At least 20 children have died of pneumonia, resulting from harsh cold weather, in northern Balkh province. A private TV channel reported on Monday a marked spoke in pneumonia cases among children this winter. Provincial health officials told…
Education officials in Helmand, where 250,000 children are still deprived of education, say 96 schools will be constructed in the southern province in the next two years. Education Director Mohammad Wali Sarhadi, in an exclusive interview with Pajhwok…
Taliban militants have killed the only breadwinner for a family in southeastern Paktia province, leaving two of his wives and 12 children helpless. Three days back, the insurgents attacked a police check-post post in Zurmat district, killing policeman…
Seventy-three Afghan children returned on Sunday from Germany after their treatment there for severe burns and dengue fever, officials said. Hassan Bano Ghazanfar, acting head of the Afghan Red Crescent Society, told a meeting in this regard today…
Figures from Civilian Protection Advocacy Group (CPAG) reveal civilian casualties have again surged in 23 provinces of the country. Civilian fatalities almost doubled in May, coinciding with the holy month of Ramadan, compared to figures for March. CPAG…
At least seven children were killed and two others injured in an explosion in Moqur district of southern Ghazni province on Saturday, officials said. Ghazni governor’s spokesman, Mohammad Arif Noori, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the incident…
KABUL said on Wednesday around 1,700 children with congenital heart defects were treated last year and some 6,000 others awaited their treatment. Husn Bano Ghazanfar, the society’s head, addressing a gathering marking the World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day…
KABUL in Sunday launched its Humanitarian Action for Children (HAC) 2019 appeal, highlighting a total of 6.3 million people in dire need of support, including 3.8 million children. The UN agency appealed for $50 million to provide much-needed lifesaving support…
The Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled (MoLSAMD) says 2.3 million children are engaged in hard labor instead of going school. Minister Faizullah Zaki expressed these views at a press conference regarding the launch of national policy on child…
Three children of a war-displaced family drowned in the river in southern Ghazni province and died while catching floating bottles, the family said. The family fled intense and prolonged fights in Andar district and moved to Tawhidabad…
KABUL and girls to end violence against women, a statement from UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said on Sunday. The UN is marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and the start of 16 Days…
Forty-five children with congenital heart defects will undergo cardiac catheterisation procedures at the Amiri Medical Complex in Kabul. The procedures will cost $151,000 provided by the Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) as part of a programme called ‘Little…
Ten-year-old Zakia dreams to become a doctor but she is forced by poverty to make bricks with her little hands in order to support her family in northern Jawzjan province. Zakia currently lives in Khaton village of Shiberghan,…
A three-day polio vaccination campaign was launched in southern Kandahar province on Monday, but children in five districts could not be administered the drops due to certain reasons. Shah Walikot, Khakrez, Ghorak, Meyanshin and Maroof are districts…
Three children have been killed and another two wounded during two separate incidents in Nangarhar and Zabul provinces, officials said Thursday. Attaullah Khogyani, the Nangarhar governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News a gas cylinders shop caught fire in…
Three children have been killed and seven others wounded as a result of two separate roadside bomb blasts in the Gilan district of southern Ghazni province, the district chief said Friday. The Gilan district chief, Mohammad Karim Gilanwal,…
KABUL to stop the unlawful recruitment and use of children by security forces. In a report on trafficking in persons, the State Department called for demobilising children from state and non-state groups with victim protection and reintegration support. The Ghani…
The World Food Program (WFP) has suspended its malnutrition program in northeastern Badakhshan province, where over 40 percent children under five years of age are said to be malnourished. Dr. Noor Khawari, the provincial Public Health Director, told…
