More than 500 children in Afghanistan were killed or injured in 2024 due to explosions from unexploded ordnance and remnants of war, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). In a social media post, UNICEF stated that in 2024, it trained three million children and their guardians on how to recognise and avoid the dangers of explosives. The contamination of Afghan land poses a severe risk to communities, especially children.
Last week, the World Food Program (WFP) said that it can only provide aid to seven million out of the 14 million hungry people in Afghanistan due to a lack of funding. In a social media post, Pauline Eloff, the head of the emergency department at the WFP, said that for every two families who require food assistance, the organization can only help one. The WFP said that it has already sent essential food supplies to some villages for months.