What we do

How UNICEF works to protect the rights of every child in Afghanistan.

A girl at an camp for internally displaced people in Kabul, Afghanistan.
UNICEF ROSA/Nybo

Our programmes in Afghanistan

UNICEF works to promote and protect the rights of children and women in Afghanistan. With over 65 years of service, we are one of the longest-serving international organizations in the country. 

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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.

Education 

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.

Nutrition

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.

WASH: Water, sanitation and hygiene

Our approach

Afghan returnee children use a wooden ladder to board a truck near the Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Emergencies

A girl stands outside her house in Herat, Afghanistan.

Gender focus

Robaba, a young girl speaking at the activate talks session about her life and challenges

Adolescent health and development

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Stories

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Research and reports

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