27+ min ago   (416+ words) Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid called Wednesday for international health assistance to Afghanistan to continue and said such aid should not become “politicized,” as the country’s health system faces declining international funding. Speaking at a news conference in Kabul, Mujahid said…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1604+ words) An entire generation of Afghan children risks long-term and “potentially irreversible harm” as Taliban restrictions, widespread poverty, hunger and the dismantling of child protection systems deepen a crisis affecting millions of children, the UN special rapporteur on Afghanistan has warned…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (645+ words) The World Food Program says it is turning away six out of every seven acutely malnourished women and children seeking treatment in Afghanistan because of funding shortages, as wasting among children worsens across more than 75% of the country’s provinces. The…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (805+ words) Nearly one in 10 children under 5 in Afghanistan is suffering from acute malnutrition, as steep cuts in humanitarian funding force hundreds of health facilities to close or suspend services, Save the Children said. The aid organization said 3.7 million children under 5 in…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (346+ words) Nearly five years after the Taliban banned girls from secondary schools, some families have turned to religious seminaries as one of the few remaining educational options. But for Muqaddasa, a young woman in Kabul, the experience did little to ease…...

2+ mon, 15+ hour ago   (755+ words) Afghanistan could end the transmission of the poliovirus within the next 12 months, a senior World Health Organization official said, but only if vaccination campaigns are paired with stronger basic health services and a more resilient health system. Hanan Balkhy, the…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (334+ words) Afghanistan has recorded two new cases of wild poliovirus, bringing the country’s total for 2026 to six, according to the latest polio surveillance bulletin issued by the World Health Organization’s Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office. The newly confirmed cases were reported in…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (423+ words) Nearly 3.7 million children under the age of 5 in Afghanistan are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition in 2026, including about 95,000 children projected to develop severe acute malnutrition with medical complications, a potentially fatal condition if left untreated, the World Health Organization…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (368+ words) The second subnational polio vaccination campaign of the year was launched in 20 provinces of the country, with the Taliban health ministry saying the effort aims to immunize 8.3 million children. The campaign will continue for three days. Noor Jalal Jalali, the…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (277+ words) The World Health Organization has urged families in Afghanistan to vaccinate their children, warning that many are missing routine immunizations that can prevent life-threatening diseases. Marking World Immunization Week, observed annually from April 24 to 30, the agency said that vaccines remain…...