aeon: My name is Marjan. In 1996, when the Taliban first took over Afghanistan, I was 12 years old. We lived in Kabul. My father was perpetually unemployed and I could never understand why. While he didn’t do anything to provide for his family, he smoked hashish, which my mother had to pay for. My
Afghanistan International: Nearly 4 million children in Afghanistan are currently out of school, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on Sunday. A lack of proper school buildings, access to clean water, sanitation facilities and a shortage of qualified teachers particularly women are among the key factors keeping children out of the classroom, the agency
Amu: Iranian authorities have deported more than 300 migrant children and their families in recent weeks as part of a national campaign targeting child labor, according to a senior official in Tehran’s welfare department. Mohammad Nasiri, director general of the Tehran Province Welfare Organization, said the expulsions were carried out under the “Comprehensive Model for
BBC: Former members of UK Special Forces have broken years of silence to give BBC Panorama eyewitness accounts of alleged war crimes committed by colleagues in Iraq and Afghanistan. Giving their accounts publicly for the first time, the veterans described seeing members of the SAS murder unarmed people in their sleep and execute handcuffed detainees,
Amu: More than 5,300 children in Afghanistan are currently living with thalassemia, a life-threatening inherited blood disorder, the Taliban’s deputy minister of public health said Thursday at a public health event in Kabul. Thalassemia is a genetic disorder that affects the body’s ability to produce hemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen.
Khaama: The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that despite significant progress, over 100 children in Afghanistan and Pakistan were paralyzed last year due to the wild poliovirus. These setbacks highlight the ongoing challenges in eradicating polio in the region. Click here to read more (external link).
By Malali Bashir Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 27, 2025 The new school year started in Afghanistan on March 22, but for the fourth consecutive year, millions of teenage girls were barred from attending classes. Among them was Khalida, who was in the ninth grade when the Taliban seized power and banned education for girls above
8am: In recent days, three shocking and horrifying incidents in the northeastern part of Afghanistan have sparked deep concerns among citizens. Kidnappers have removed the organs of a child in Badakhshan province and abandoned the body in a mountainous area. Meanwhile, in the Kunduz province, a man has beheaded his own child with a knife.
8am: Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has reported that, on average, one child dies daily in Afghanistan due to measles. In a report published on Wednesday, March 12, the organization stated that more than 4,000 suspected measles cases have been recorded in hospitals under its coverage in the provinces of Herat, Balkh, and Helmand since the
Tolo News: Save the Children has announced the closure of 18 health centers in Afghanistan and added that 14 more will be shut down in the coming month due to a reduction in foreign aid. In a report, the organization stated that it has also suspended life-saving programs for malnourished children due to funding cuts.