STORIES

Seven-month-old Muskan* from northern Afghanistan received timely treatment for severe acute malnutrition thanks to an IHA MAPLE-funded Save the Children health facility, leading to significant improvement in her health as she continues her recovery.

In a remote village in northern Afghanistan affected by explosive remnants of war, Save the Children, with support from the Security and Rule of Law (NL–SROL) programme, provided mine risk awareness training to children and communities.

Through targeted support to 196 households, Save the Children, with funding from SOS Children on the Move, helped children leave hazardous work, return to learning, and begin building safer and more hopeful futures.

Through the project “Empowering Persons with Disabilities, with a Special Focus on Children with Disabilities”, Save the Children supported families to turn skills into sustainable livelihoods. 

Women in a community in southern Afghanistan now have access to safer, free, and more dignified maternal healthcare through the rehabilitation of a clinic delivery room supported by the Integrated Health Assistance, Maternal and Perinatal Life-Saving Emergencies (IHA MAPLE) project.

Mujib Ur Rehman Hamdard, the head of Save the Children Afghanistan's Kunar Field Office, shares his experience of the Afghanistan earthquake and the initial response one month on from the 6.0 magnitude earthquake which devastated parts of eastern Afghanistan, including Kunar and Nangarhar provinces, on the 1st September 2025.

As a ruthless 6.0-magnitude earthquake ripped through eastern Afghanistan this week, it flattened entire mountain villages and shattered the fragile lives of thousands, particularly children, who were already grappling with soaring humanitarian needs and funding cuts. 

Explainer about the situation in Afghanistan since the flash floods that have left over 40,000 children homeless.

Ahmad* joined Save the Children in 2021. He is a nurse with Save the Children’s Mobile Health Team and provides treatment for children and communities

A blog from a teacher working for Save the Children in Afghanistan on the recent ban on female aid workers

In this blog Sacha Myers, former Head of Media for Save the Children Afghanistan talks about the impact of the school ban on girls in Afghanistan. Read it to hear firsthand the stories of Afghan girls who have been turned from students into child labourers against their own will.

Chris Nyamandi, Country Director of Save the Children Afghanistan, describes how without long-term funding for things like education and healthcare, there is no future for children in Afghanistan.

A year on from the Taliban takeover, read the stories of children and their families living in Afghanistan.

At the UN Afghanistan pledging summit, world leaders must step up for girls’ education

LEARNING IS A LIFELINE - THE G20 MUST PROTECT EDUCATION FOR ALL AFGHAN CHILDREN

What does the future look like for the children who remain in Afghanistan?

Afghanistan needs the world’s help to fight COVID-19

'War on Children' Afghanistan Award winning Photography

What impact has the Every Last Child campaign had in 2016?