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Report

A global initiative on out-of-school children

Afghanistan country study

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Article

Building a better future for girls in Afghanistan

One teacher’s mission to educate girls in her community

Article

Overcoming the odds to get into class in Afghanistan

With nearly half of all children missing out on school, there are stories of hope behind the numbers

Press release

Ongoing conflict leaves nearly half of children in Afghanistan out-of- school

Emergency alert

Humanitarian Action for Children 2018

Urgent funding needs for drought affected population in Afghanistan

Visit the crisis page

Press release

“Stop attacks on children”

Our work in Afghanistan

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Child protection

A young girl raises her finger in class at a a primary school in the northwestern city of Herat, Afghanistan.

A mother holds her two days old son’s hand after giving birth in the Herat Maternity Hospital in western Afghanistan.

Health

A baby eats Ready-To-Use Therapeutic Food to complement the therapeutic milk she received as part of her treatment for severe acute malnutrition.

A young girl receives polio vaccine drops at the Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Polio eradication

A boy drinks clean water from a hand pump at a school in Faizabad in the northeastern province of Badakhshan, Afghanistan.

Water, sanitation and hygiene