Skip to main content
Afghanistan Afghanistan

Global Links

  • Visit UNICEF Global
  • High contrast
Afghanistan Afghanistan
    • EXPLORE UNICEF
      • ABOUT US
      • OUR REPRESENTATIVE
      • CHILDREN IN AFGHANISTAN
      • OUR MANDATE
      • WORK FOR UNICEF
      • CONTACT US
  • PRESS CENTRE
Donate

Main navigation

  • What we do
  • Research and reports
  • Stories
  • Take action
Search area has closed.
Search area has opened.
SearchClose

Search UNICEF

Page

Stories

Read our latest stories from Afghanistan

Girls at a classroom in a settlement for returnees
A man fills jerry cans with clean water from a UNICEF water truck in the centre of Chora District.
Photo Essay
“When the water truck arrives, we celebrate like Eid”

On the road with UNICEF, bringing water to drought-afflicted villages in Afghanistan’s Southern Region

See the story
Tahira is a 28-year-old teacher and mother of two sons. On her rooftop in Daikundi Province, she holds her three-year-old son, Armin. In March 2022, Tahira received a one-month emergency cash support payment of $100 - or about 9,000 Afghani - as part of UNICEF's efforts to support teachers awaiting school reopening in Afghanistan.
Article
Waiting for a lifeline

To support the careers of educators like Tahira, UNICEF provided emergency cash support to 194,000 public-school teachers in Afghanistan

Read the story
Safa, 7 months old, is suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM). Her parents have brought her for treatment at the nutrition department in Mirza Mohammad Khan Comprehensive Health Center (CHC), Kandahar City. Safa is now in her third visit to the CHC, with her mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) measuring 10 cm, an improvement from 9 cm during her last visit.
Blog post
Flattening a green floor for her daughter’s future

A mother fights for Safa’s life at a UNICEF-supported nutrition clinic in Afghanistan

Read the story
In Jalalabad Afghanistan, Nuria's family stands next to their new borehole, built as part of the town's water supply system with support from UNICEF.
Article
Safe drinking water for returnees in remote Afghanistan

No matter how high the mountain, UNICEF provides essential services for families like Nuria’s

Read the story
Kamina sits with her 5 children inside their family home at Qala-e Abdul Ali informal settlement for internally displaced persons in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Article
Less time collecting water, more time with the family

A new UNICEF-supported solar system brings water to Kamina’s doorstep

Read the story
Earthquake Picture
Photo Essay
Life after the earthquakes in Badghis

A family's story of survival in Afghanistan

See the story
Load more items

Learn more and follow us on social media

Your voice, joined with ours, can make a difference. Find a story on our website or social media channels and share it with your friends.

Samira, 17, sets up a Power Point presentation in the computer room at a high school for girls in Kandahar

Follow us on Facebook

Qabela, a community health worker

Follow us on Twitter

An Afghan girl shows the purple ink mark on her finger, indicating she has been vaccinated against polio during an immunization campaign in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan.

Follow us on Instagram

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

Follow us on YouTube

Explore our programs

Herat_Photo_immunization
Programme
Health

Ending preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths

Explore our work
Child Protection
Programme
Child protection

Protecting Afghanistan’s most vulnerable children

Explore our work
Students in Bamyan
Programme
Education

Providing quality education for all

Explore our work
WASH
Programme
WASH: Water, sanitation and hygiene

Safe water, sanitation, and good hygiene practices

Explore our work
Load more items

Footer

UNICEF Home
  • What we do
  • Press centre
  • Take action
About us
  • Our mandate
  • Work for UNICEF
Stories
  • Children in Afghanistan
  • Research and reports
  • Stories on Medium
Become a donor

Social

Footer Secondary

  • Contact us
  • Legal

Footer tertiary

  • Report fraud, abuse, wrongdoing