UNICEF launched its largest ever single-country appeal on Tuesday to urgently respond to the humanitarian needs of over 24 million people in Afghanistan, half of whom...
A Polio vaccination drive, started in western provinces of Afghanistan, is aimed at inoculating more than 1.3 million children, health officials said Sunday. Mohammad Asif Kabir,...
The United Nations children’s agency said it was planning to set up a system to directly fund Afghan teachers, after the international community placed a freeze...
A nation-wide polio vaccination campaign will resume in Afghanistan next month, UNICEF announced Monday. In a statement issued by the organization, the World Health Organization and...
UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Omar Abdi wrapped up a trip to Afghanistan this week and warned that unless immediate assistance is provided at least one million...
The first aircraft carrying UNICEF lifesaving medical supplies arrived in Kabul on Thursday through the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) Airbridge. 32 metric...
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is building a clean water supply network in eastern Paktia province, officials said Saturday. According to Islamic Emirate officials, the project,...
At least 27 children have been killed and 136 injured across three provinces of Afghanistan over the past three days amid escalating violence, the U.N. children’s...
Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) said Wednesday that in the past 25 days at least five children were killed and 29 others wounded in the...
President Ashraf Ghani gave Mohammed Mohammedi, the head of the United Nations Children’s Fund’s (UNICEF) polio eradication team in Afghanistan, 24 hours to leave the country,...
UNICEF has struck an agreement with the Taliban to establish thousands of informal schools in areas controlled by the insurgent group – schools that will reach...
The UN has strongly condemned Friday’s attack on a secondary school in Katsina State of Nigeria, and the reported abduction of hundreds of students by suspected...
UNICEF announced on Monday it is working with major global airlines and freight providers to step up efforts to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to over 92 countries...
Polio immunization campaigns have resumed in Afghanistan after a three-month break due to COVID-19, which in turn has seen an increase in polio cases in the...