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| A woman carries her child in Kabul. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood |
Security is deteriorating once more in Afghanistan, just as it emerges from a quarter century of conflict. Insurgents often target civilians, but disease is the main child killer - an estimated 600 under-fives die every day, mostly due to preventable illnesses like malaria and measles.
- A quarter of children don't see their fifth birthday - the fourth highest rate in the world.
- More than half of children are stunted.
- In eleven provinces 80 to 99 percent of girls don't go to school.
- A fifth of primary school children do some form of work.
- Children are at risk from insurgent and military operations, landmines and unexploded ordinance.
To find out more see our Afghanistan crisis briefing.
