Afghanistan

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.

Between January 2025 and January 2026, 338 girls and boys were killed or maimed in Afghanistan by explosive ordnance, including remnants of war, such as landmines and other devices, according to the country’s mine action directorate. Children accounted for nearly 70% of all explosive ordnance casualties during this period.

About 85% of families from a survey of 535 households reported a significant or moderate decrease in the availability of water in September 2025 compared with 2024 and about half of the children in the impacted provinces do not have daily access to clean water.

Food prices have surged in some of the most food-insecure countries in the Middle East and wider region due to the ongoing conflict, threatening to push the most vulnerable families further into hunger as Eid approaches.

The conflict in the Middle East and wider region is obstructing key delivery routes for humanitarian supplies, delaying lifesaving medical shipments for at least 410,000 children in three countries, said Save the Children, warning the global impact will only grow.

At least 400 people have been killed and 250 others injured, following an attack at a hospital facility in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul, according to the country's defacto authorities.

About 134,000 people have been affected by disruptions to Save the Children’s work, including health, nutrition, child protection and education programmes