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AFGHANISTAN: Number of children killed or injured in Afghanistan rose more than 55% in first half of 2021

'Devastating 48 hours for Afghanistan’s children'

'War on Children' Afghanistan Award winning Photography

AFGHANISTAN: ATTACK ON SAVE THE CHILDREN COMPOUND

Afghanistan school attack

A rolling wave of aftershocks in eastern Afghanistan is terrifying children who have lost families and homes in the country’s deadliest earthquake in nearly 30 years with the death toll rising to over 2,200.

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

SAVE THE CHILDREN COMMITTED TO PROTECTING CHILDREN IN AFGHANISTAN

SAVE THE CHILDREN CONCERNED HUNGER CRISIS IN AFGHANISTAN WILL ESCALATE

Explosion kills at least 15 children in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province

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

Afghanistan six months on: Children on the edge of life

AFGHANISTAN: Almost 80,000 children displaced in past two months

Flash floods in Baghlan in Northern Afghanistan have killed at least 200 people - including children.

Nine children killed by a single landmine in Afghanistan The children - five boys and four girls, all aged between 5 and 10 - found the decades old mi

The earthquake in eastern Afghanistan on 31 August last year was one of the deadliest to ever hit the country, killing more than 2,000 people and destroying or damaging more than 8,000 homes, forcing children and families into tents.

Snow and freezing temperatures have killed at least 60 people across Afghanistan, injured more than 100 and destroyed or damaged about 450 homes, according to the Afghanistan National Disaster Authority.

STATEMENT UPDATE: INCIDENT AT SAVE THE CHILDREN COMPOUND IN JALALABAD, AFGHANISTAN

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

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.

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

300,000 children face illness, even death from Afghanistan’s freezing winter conditions

AFGHANISTAN: Children made up a third of civilian casualties so far this year

Afghanistan: Roadside bomb kills six civilians and seriously injures three children

AFGHANISTAN: Save the Children resumes life-saving services for children in Kandahar

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

Save the Children press release on IPC figures on hunger in Afghanistan

Child malnutrition cases rise nearly 50% in Afghanistan as hunger hits record levels

AFGHANISTAN: 18 civilians, including children, killed in air strikes in Kandahar

Save the Children and other agencies are deploying teams to the worst-hit areas to assess the damage and immediate needs of children and their families following the earthquake in Afghanistan.

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.

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

Four children die in flash floods as Afghanistan marks one year of Taliban rule

Save the Children hoping to resume life-saving services for children in Afghanistan soon

Save the Children press release following earthquake in Afghanistan

Save the Children and INGO statement on Afghanistan ban on UN women aid workers

AFGHANISTAN: Save the Children welcomes announcement that girls will be returning to secondary school

AFGHANISTAN: Price hikes push food out of reach for millions of children

Save the Children press release on families returning from Pakistan to Afghanistan

Alarmed and appalled: Civilian casualty data in Afghanistan highlight conflict’s brutal toll on children

UN MEETING ON AFGHANISTAN: 'More still needs to be done' says Save the Children

AFGHANISTAN: Fears for children injured and displaced in Kunduz, as families flee explosions

AFGHANISTAN: An additional 1.5 million children need help to survive in 2020, warns Save the Children

In Afghanistan, rains bring little relief for 12 million children struggling to recover from drought

Shocking new data: five children killed or maimed in Afghanistan every day for past 14 years

“This house killed my sister”: Children terrified of returning to their homes in earthquake-hit Afghanistan

In this blog, Abdurahman Sharif, Save the Children’s Senior Humanitarian Director, shares a powerful firsthand account from Afghanistan, highlighting the urgent needs of returning families and children. With services at risk from aid cuts, he calls for immediate support and long-term investment to protect lives and secure futures.

Afghanistan: Nearly three in ten children forecast to experience crisis levels of hunger in 2024, new figures show.

Eight million people in Afghanistan are cut off from food aid and the international community must step up

AFGHANISTAN: A fifth of starving families sending children to work as incomes plummet in past six months

As schools across Afghanistan prepare for the new academic year next week, secondary school aged girls must be allowed to go back to the classroom aft

A JOINT INGO press release on the situation in Afghanistan after the ban of female staff from working with NGOs.

Flash floods in Afghanistan damage houses and kills livestock and people

80% of secondary school girls in Afghanistan missing out on education, one month since Taliban ban extended

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.

Afghanistan’s children are paying the price of global COVID-19 vaccine rollout failures, warns Save the Children

Floods from heavy rains have killed about 40 people in eastern Afghanistan and about 1,500 children have lost their homes Save the Children said.

More than a third of children surveyed in Afghanistan pushed into child labour

AFGHANISTAN: Health system collapse will result in thousands of additional child deaths each month – Save the Children

Major outbreak of disease escalating in camps as 250,000 people, mostly children, return to Afghanistan from Pakistan

AFGHANISTAN: Desperate mother agreed to sell her unborn baby as debt-ridden families are pushed to crisis point

COVID-19: An additional three million children in Afghanistan need help to survive in 2020, warns Save the Children

The Nutrition Cluster in Afghanistan - a group of humanitarian organisations which includes Save the Children - estimates that about 37,000 children under five and 10,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women are facing acute malnutrition in the earthquake-affected areas where more than 91,000 people need nutrition support

Save the Children has suspended its operations in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s announcement that women are banned from working for INGOs.

Afghanistan: Two babies born every minute as health system nears collapse in first 100 days of Taliban rule

A warmer-than-average winter and lack of snow are ominous signs of worsening climatic and drought conditions in Afghanistan.

AFGHANISTAN: World must not turn its back on hungry Afghan children, warns Save the Children ahead of UN meeting

AFGHANISTAN: Thousands of children losing access to education as schools are caught in crossfire in escalation of violence

STATEMENT: Save the Children shocked by reports that girls in Afghanistan will not be allowed back to school

The 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck in the early hours of Monday, with the epicentre in Samangan province, an hour from the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif. Severe shaking was also felt in the capital, Kabul, with tremors reported as far away as Pakistan. The tremors caused panic and terror for children and their families, forcing them to run from their homes in provinces across northern Afghanistan where temperatures are dropping as winter sets in.

Extreme weather events forced at least 38,000 people from their homes in Afghanistan in the first six month of this year

About 80,000 Afghan children crossed into Afghanistan from Iran in June, as total arrivals more than doubled compared to May, pushing an already overstretched system to the brink, Save the Children said.

Babies are being born in tents in earthquake-devastated Eastern Afghanistan with rock falls and boulder-strewn roads making the journey to hospital perilous for pregnant women, Save the Children said. An estimated 11,000 women in the earthquake-affected areas are currently pregnant and could give birth in tents in coming months, where temperatures regularly fall below freezing in winter, escalating health risks for newborns.

About one in five children in Afghanistan could face crisis levels of hunger before October, with funding cuts reducing the amount of food aid available for families, Save the Children said

COVID-19: More than seven million children in Afghanistan at risk of hunger as food prices soar due to lockdown

Afghanistan, Sudan, Somalia and Mali top list of countries where education systems most at risk of collapse

More than half a million Afghans have crossed into Afghanistan from Iran since 1 June. The situation at the border is alarming. Charity Luyaka, Humanitarian Director for Save the Children in Afghanistan explains the horrific situation thousands of families and children are facing right now in this blog.

Thousands of children need of food, water and shelter in eastern Afghanistan as teams battle against time to rescue injured people from mountainous and remote villages destroyed by a 6.0 magnitude earthquake.

Thousands of children are without homes after a 6.3 magnitude earthquake devastated large parts of Herat province in western Afghanistan.

The international community must not turn its back on hungry children in Afghanistan as 2 million people lose food assistance – Save the Children

"I lie awake at night thinking of the children we can’t reach": Afghanistan's doctors at breaking point as pneumonia and hunger soar

Afghanistan floods: ‘There is no life left for us here. You want to put your head in your hands and shout and cry.’

“She would hit her head on the wall continuously”: Afghanistan on the brink of mental health catastrophe as children pushed to the limit

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.

Almost 10 million children going hungry in Afghanistan as food aid alone fails to the meet tidal wave of need, Save the Children says

Rescue teams are racing to Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan where a devastating earthquake has killed at least 600 people and injured more than 3,000 including many children

At least four children are amongst at least 29 people killed in flash floods that have swept through two provinces in Afghanistan in recent days, as the country continues to feel the impact of extreme weather events that have upended lives and livelihoods, Save the Children said.

More than 800,000 children have crossed into Afghanistan from Iran and Pakistan this year, with about three out of four children returning from Iran.

AFGHANISTAN: Save the Children appalled by reports that formal ban on girls’ education will continue as secondary schools reopen across the country today

Children in Afghanistan are going hungry. Decades of conflict, poverty and drought have pushed the people of Afghanistan into a humanitarian catastrophe. Read the stories of Afghanistan's hungry children.

The number of children needing humanitarian assistance rose more than 20% this year to 149 million, with Afghanistan then the DRC most severely impacted.

A statement on the latest restrictions placed by Taliban on Girls' education

20 Afghan children injured after explosion near school

Save the Children said it was restarting some of its activities where reliable assurances had been given for a full and safe return to work for its female staff

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

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.

Demand for malnutrition treatment surged as the country plunged into its worst food crisis on record

Children make up more than half of the about 2,100 confirmed deaths to date, according to new data from the UN. More than 500 girls and 650 boys lost their lives in the earthquakes, the first of which struck at night on 31 August, flattening homes in seconds

The numbers are a devastating insight into the deadly cost of war on children

Analysis of new hunger data found that just over 9 million children will face crisis or emergency levels of hunger before March 2026.

"This horrific tragedy is a stark reminder of the deadly risks hundreds of thousands of Afghan children face on their journeys from Iran."

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.

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

Pakiza*, 25, a midwife with four years of experience at Save the Children, travelled through blocked roads and rubble to get to the earthquake affected areas, where she was quickly asked by residents asked her to help a pregnant woman who was in active labour.

Nearly 400,000 children to receive medicines from humanitarian aid flight after rise in preventable illnesses

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.

Families have lost their main breadwinners across Kunar and Nangarhar provinces, the areas most impacted by the earthquakes.

Woman weaves carpets in Afghanistan to support children following NGO ban

Save the Children press release on children crossing the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

An analysis on the surging levels of hunger globally.

The children form part of a surge of returnees, with 84,000 people crossing into Afghanistan in recent weeks, adding to a total of about 940,000 people – including about 545,000 children – who have now returned from Pakistan to Afghanistan since September 2023.

Press Release on the ban of female NGO workers in Afghanistan and its effect on child labour

Leaders of CARE, NRC and Save the Children respond to the announcement of a ban on NGOs employing women in Afghanistan.

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.

Save the Children response to Taliban ban on female students at university in Afghanistan

Sharara*, 10, and her family were evicted from their home in Afghanistan because they couldn't pay the rent or buy food for their children (Aashiqullah Mandozai / Save the Children)

A 12-year-old boy with Downs Syndrome in Ukraine who has been left severely emotionally distressed by a lifetime of conflict is at risk of becoming homeless due to foreign aid cuts, Save the Children said, as the child rights organisation shared examples of the impacts on cash assistance work around the world.

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.

As COP27 enters final days, 70% of Afghan children threatened by extreme weather events as drought predicted to stretch into 2023 – Save the Children

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

New report highlights alarming lack of oversight of Afghan child returns from Europe

Increasing insecurity and a significant rise in school attacks puts almost two decades of progress at risk for Afghan children

Europe must take responsibility for asylum seeking Afghan children

COVID-19: A porous border with Iran means thousands of Afghans continue to cross daily going unchecked

“I thought the world was ending when I saw my family dead”: Afghan children lose entire families in fatal earthquake

18 Years Of Conflict: Every single Afghan child affected by war

Millions of Afghan children fight hunger, disease and exploitation as donors meet to determine their fate

Two-thirds of Afghan children need help to survive in 2022

780,000 Afghan children without shelter, nearly 8.6 million without blankets as temperatures drop below freezing – Save the Children

Many Afghan children are afraid to go outside, new survey by Save the Children finds

“I would never wish this Ramadan on anyone”: Afghan families surviving on bread and water through holy month as economic crisis worsens

“Please open the school to my sisters”: Afghan boys skip school until girls can return to the classroom

Desperate Afghan mother forced to give up one twin to feed the other as hunger crisis worsens

Number of Afghan Children without enough to eat up 3.3 million in just four months

Revealed: 10 million Afghan children need life-saving help

Afghan children left out in the cold by rich countries, says Save the Children

Save the Children: ‘Children are the innocent casualties of a conflict raging around them'

'No child should have to experience this kind of traumatic and brutal event'

Save the Children – ‘Situation for children in Helmand deeply concerning’

“I don’t have a life anymore”: Misery and loss for Afghans in Pakistan as 800,000 refugees hit by floods

Photo series: The Female Experience of War

Save the Children: ‘This war on children needs to stop now’

Statement on Kabul school bomb attack

PHOTO SERIES: RISING FOOD COSTS REFLECTED ON OUR PLATES

'Help Afghans at risk’, Save the Children CEO urges the international community

At least 25 children hospitalised after Ghazni car bomb attack

More than 1 in 73 people worldwide have been forced to flee their homes. This number has almost doubled in the past ten years.

PHOTO SERIES: Rising food costs reflected on our plates

ACBAR condemns the announcement on 20th December by the Ministry of Higher Education for an immediate and indefinite suspension on women attending universities.

Thousands of children living on the streets in Kabul after escaping violence – SAVE THE CHILDREN

Afghan family in Ukraine forced to flee conflict for second time in eight months

Save the Children Committed to Supporting Afghan Refugee Families in America

Children dying from starvation in Kabul as ‘unprecedented’ food crisis leaves almost 14 million Afghan children hungry

Based on my own experiences in Save the Children over the past decade I have learned three key lessons of kindness from my colleagues across the globe

Nearly seven million displaced children face freezing weather

THE AFGHAN PEACE CONFERENCE SHOWS PROMISE, BUT WE NEED TO SEE BINDING COMMITMENTS TO PROTECT CHILDREN

Save the Children devastated by reports children were among those killed in Kabul airstrike

Roadside explosion in Farah province on Wednesday killed dozens of women and children

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.

STATEMENT: Save the Children calls on EU governments to guarantee the rights of Afghan children and families in Europe

Analysis shows children are uniquely and horrifically injured and impacted by explosive weapons compared to adults

Last week, Ukraine became the 100th country to endorse the Safe Schools Declaration.

NEW REPORT: On average 25 children killed or injured in conflicts every day for the past decade

Recent cuts in foreign aid have forced Save the Children to suspend lifesaving programmes for malnourished children as a reported 131 million children live in areas experiencing acute food crises globally.

Save the Children helps relocate lone children from freezing forest camp in Bosnia and Herzegovina

They may not always make the news, but these crises impact millions of people, including vulnerable children, around the world

More than half of children fleeing into Europe reported feeling in danger on their long journeys from people smugglers, border officials and police.

PRESS RELEASE - FAMILIES RESORTING TO EXTREME MEASURES TO SURVIVE HUNGER CRISIS PROMPTS MORE FUNDING FROM SAVE THE CHILDREN

Families resorting to extreme measures to survive hunger crisis prompts more funding from Save the Children

One in five children in fragile states risk dropping out of school as COVID takes its toll: Save the Children

STATEMENT ON US LANDMINES POLICY REVERSAL

Shaima Al-Obaidi is a senior media manager at Save the Children UK, specialising in reporting on children impacted by conflict. She has previously been deployed to Afghanistan, Somalia, South Sudan and is currently on a deployment in Gaza.

From students to labourers: The reality for Afghan girls living under the school ban

TWICE THREATENED: NEARLY HALF OF ALL STUNTED CHILDREN LIVE IN COUNTRIES MOST VULNERABLE TO CLIMATE CHANGE

At least 17.6 million children will be born into hunger this year, or about 33 children a minute, according to Save the Children.

Save the Children said an analysis of International Organization for Migration (IOM) data showed at least 4,044 children died between 2014 and the start of 2025 while on migration routes, many fleeing conflict, hunger and climate shocks.

Most unaccompanied children seeking safety in Greece have their asylum claims rejected, leaving them without legal papers and vulnerable to abuse

Migrant children travelling alone continue to face abuse and pushbacks at border crossings, arriving to and through Europe.

WORLD LEADERS URGED TO HALT ESCALATING HUNGER CRISIS AS 17% MORE PEOPLE EXPECTED TO NEED LIFE-SAVING AID IN 2022

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.

The number of children living in deadliest war zones rises nearly 20% to highest in over a decade – Save the Children

Children in conflict at highest risk of violence since records began

In the past year, we’ve seen major cuts to foreign aid budgets by governments around the world, even as global instability deepens. Humanitarian need is rising, while the resources available to meet it are shrinking. In that context, our work, and how we do it, is more vital than ever. In 2026, Save the Children will keep children at the heart of every response. We’ll advocate for their rights and ensure their voices are heard.

Protection of children persistently underfunded in humanitarian responses

Massive landslides in India’s southwestern Kerala state have killed more than 385 people. More than 1,580 children displaced. Save the Children.

Save the Children on UN report on children in armed conflict

Save the Children staff have reported that families have fled with only basic necessities, often without time to pack vital documents, clothing or medication. But some children are refusing to leave behind their most treasured items including their pets and favourite toys.

Recent aid cuts mean there is a global shortage of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food, which is used to treat severe malnutrition, putting at risk the lives of millions of children. Read this blog to learn about the power of peanut paste and how you can help us reach more children with this lifesaving treatment.

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.

33 CHILDREN BORN INTO HUNGER EVERY MINUTE IN 2023 – SAVE THE CHILDREN

Over 200,000 lone child migrants left to uncertain fates in Europe

Ukraine becomes the 100th country to commit to keeping schools safe during armed conflict

More than 5.7 million children under five on the brink of starvation across the world

More children are living in areas affected by armed conflict than at any time over the past two decades, a new report from Save the Children reveals

Save the Children calls on leaders at the G20 summit to drive progress for children