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Protecting Afghanistan’s most vulnerable children

On 13 December 2022, 9-year-old Shaheda stands inside the UNICEF-supported child-friendly space at the Torkham border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Shaheda describes her journey smuggling goods across the border into Afghanistan to Abdul Khalid Saghar, UNICEF Child Protection Officer in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan.

Short but perilous: Children’s smuggling journey

Hiding under moving trucks, children risk their lives smuggling goods – and themselves – across the Torkham border between Afghanistan and Pakistan

Hamed in Border _photo

15 November 2022

Hamed’s journey: 11 days of uncertainty, fear and regret

One 15-year-old journey's to Iran and back, in search of a better life

UNICEF Picture

Situation report

18 September 2022

UNICEF Afghanistan Situation Report: 1-31 August 2022

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UNICEF Afghanistan Situation Report: 1-31 August 2022-English (PDF, 716 KB)

On 13th June 2022, eleven year old Sadaf Samadi (centre) holds a bar of soap at the UNICEF-supported Fatah Girls School in Herat, Afghanistan.

13 September 2022

The United Kingdom contributes GBP 24 million to provide emergency support to children and women in Afghanistan

More than 1.6 million people will benefit from the provision of nutrition, water and sanitation, child and social protection services.

Naghma, 4, a little girl in Gayan District, Paktika Province, Afghanistan who recently lost her home and her father when a powerful earthquake shook her village in June 2022.

02 September 2022

New toys, new friends and a new start

Naghma finds fun and healing in a UNICEF child-friendly space after the June earthquake in Afghanistan

Press Release Dari and Pashto Translated Versions, August 15, 2022

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Press Release Dari and Pashto Translated Versions (PDF, 443 KB)

UNICEF Education Picture

Depriving girls of secondary education translates to a loss of at least US$500 million for Afghan economy in last 12 months

New analysis by UNICEF has found that depriving girls in Afghanistan of their right to secondary education will have a devastating effect on the country’s economy.

Statement by UNICEF Afghanistan Representative, Mohamed Ayoya_Dari

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Statement by UNICEF Afghanistan Representative, Mohamed Ayoya_Dari (PDF, 187 KB)

Statement by UNICEF Afghanistan Representative, Mohamed Ayoya_Pashto

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Statement by UNICEF Afghanistan Representative_Pashto (PDF, 104 KB)