A malnourished child receives care at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health in Kabul on 13 July 2026, as UNICEF warned that 3.7 million children under age 5 in Afghanistan face heightened malnutrition risk, according to a report released that Sunday.
Malnourished children are seen at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health in Kabul on 13 July 2026. UNICEF's latest report flags Afghanistan as one of the world's most acute child nutrition emergencies, with 3.7 million under-5s at heightened risk.
According to a UNICEF report issued on 13 July 2026, 3.7 million children under 5 in Afghanistan are at heightened risk of malnutrition — a crisis visible in wards of Kabul's Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health.
A doctor examines a malnourished child at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health, Kabul, on 13 July 2026. UNICEF has sounded the alarm over Afghanistan's child nutrition emergency, with 3.7 million children under 5 reportedly at heightened risk.
Medical staff at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Child Health in Kabul attend to a malnourished child on 13 July 2026. UNICEF's Sunday report calls for urgent international support as 3.7 million Afghan children under 5 face a worsening nutrition crisis.