Young Indian climate activists are at COP29. They are demanding action from world leaders. They want policies that protect children from cl...

Over 300 deaths in Baghlan due to heavy rains. UNICEF, WHO, and Save the Children provide aid to 600,000 affected people, half of them chil...

Many pregnant and nursing women experience malnourishment.

The Indian team met senior members of the Taliban, including foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, and held discussions on India’s humanitari...

"We need to suspend the rules and conditions that constrict not only Afghanistan's economy, but our lifesaving operations. At this moment o...

Child marriage has increased in tandem with soaring poverty since the Taliban seized power 100 days ago on Aug. 15, with reports of destitu...

On September 18, Afghanistan's new Islamist rulers ordered male teachers and boys aged 13 and over back to secondary schools, picking up an...

"As I speak to you today, millions of girls of secondary school age are missing out on education for the 27th consecutive day," Abdi said. ...

Earlier, Filippo Grandi, the UN refugees chief, warned of a potential humanitarian catastrophe, saying that only a third of the funds urgen...

"If people or nations think that it is the matter of Afghan children, and we are not going to bring peace and sustainability in that part o...

Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and India are among four South Asian countries where children are at extremely high risk of the impacts o...

The militants have ramped up their push across much of Afghanistan, turning their guns on provincial capitals after taking large swaths of ...

India is one of the world's biggest drugmakers, and an increasing number of countries have already approached it for procuring the coronavi...

According to UNICEF, social protection is key to inclusive growth and development, and is defined broadly as a "set of public and private p...

In the South Asia region, the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF) covered Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Mal...

India ranked below Sri Lanka (127), Bangladesh (54), Nepal (50) and Bhutan (60) but was above Pakistan, which was ranked among the lowest i...

The new grants will focus on early childhood development, child protection, education, and helping adolescents to improve their lives.