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Abdul Haq with his children and nephews fetching water from a stream in Wadir village, Mazar Dara, Nurgal district, Kunar province
Press release
16 October 2025

More than 212,000 children at risk of acute watery diarrhoea and other deadly waterborne diseases in earthquake-hit eastern Afghanistan

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Press release
09 October 2025

Afghanistan reaches 8.9 million children in the first phase of a nationwide measles campaign

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Press release
08 October 2025

Afghanistan’s Education System Facing Deepening Crisis for Both Girls and Boys, Warn UNICEF and UNESCO

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Statement
17 September 2025

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the denial of education to adolescent girls in Afghanistan for 4 years

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Remarks
12 September 2025

Children make more than half of all deaths in the aftermath of Afghanistan earthquake

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Press release
10 September 2025

UNICEF Launches US$22 Million Appeal to Support over 212,000 Children Affected by Earthquakes in Eastern Afghanistan

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Press release
04 September 2025

EU humanitarian airbridge delivers 130 tonnes of supplies in support of UNICEF’s relief efforts in eastern Afghanistan

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Statement
01 September 2025

Thousands of children at risk after devastating earthquake hits eastern Afghanistan

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Press release
24 August 2025

EU Contributes €10 Million to Protect Afghan Children on the Move

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Press release
12 August 2025

UNICEF and WFP Joint Action Plan to Stop Child Wasting in Afghanistan

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Statement
11 August 2025

With millions returning to Afghanistan, UNICEF calls for a safe, dignified, voluntary and phased approach and increased support for children and families

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Press release
10 July 2025

Japan provides US$5 million to eradicate polio and strengthen immunization programme in Afghanistan

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Press release
18 June 2025

IsDB, AHTF, OIC and Saudi Fund for Development support access to safe learning for 4,000 children in western Afghanistan

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Press release
16 June 2025

Half of all young children in Afghanistan are experiencing severe food poverty: UNICEF launches ambitious “First Foods Afghanistan” to reverse the crisis 

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