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We work together with the Afghan Red Crescent Society and other partners of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="latest-documents941244" class="latest-documents"> <div class="icrc-container"> <div class="title-module"> <h2>Latest articles</h2> </div> <div class="content js-view-dom-id-1dc8a511d244f715d0e1b6d57068a8e2ec77d1baa938e5062037fbccf4038d8a"> <article class="col"> <div class="frame"> <div class="title"> <h3><a href="/en/article/afghanistan-assisting-communities-grappling-with-climate-change">Afghanistan: Assisting communities grappling with the impact of climate change</a></h3> </div> <div class="bar"> <div class="tag-component">Article</div> <div class="date"> <time datetime="2024-11-25T07:06:35+01:00">25-11-2024</time> </div> </div> <div class="media"> <picture> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/desktop_rect_2/public/2024-11/AFG_Climate_Change_1.jpg.webp?itok=EVhbyL10 1x" media="all and 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to a patient" /> </picture> </div> </div> </article> <article class="col"> <div class="frame"> <div class="title"> <h3><a href="/en/article/icrc-afghanistan-summary">ICRC in Afghanistan – Summary</a></h3> </div> <div class="bar"> <div class="tag-component">Article</div> <div class="date"> <time datetime="2024-10-23T06:33:46+02:00">23-10-2024</time> </div> </div> <div class="media"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_img_rect_01/public/2024-10/AFG_ICRC_in_AFG_Article.jpg.webp?itok=FCzP_Rx6" width="320" height="180" alt="An ICRC staff assessing a Cash-for-Work activity in Trinkot, Uruzgan" /> </div> </div> </article> <article class="col"> <div class="frame"> <div class="title"> <h3><a href="/en/article/afghanistan-vocational-training-empowers-people-disabilities-and-fosters-social-inclusion">Afghanistan: Vocational training empowers people with disabilities and fosters social inclusion</a></h3> </div> <div class="bar"> <div class="tag-component">Article</div> 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width="1280" height="736"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/tablet_full/public/2024-02/jpeg-optimizer_V-P-AF-E-02917%201.jpg.webp?itok=AweBxzCZ 1x" media="all and (min-width: 576px)" type="image/webp" width="768" height="440"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/mobile_full/public/2024-02/jpeg-optimizer_V-P-AF-E-02917%201.jpg.webp?itok=pDU14llu 1x" media="all and (max-width: 576px)" type="image/webp" width="360" height="640"/> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/desktop_full/public/2024-02/jpeg-optimizer_V-P-AF-E-02917%201.jpg.webp?itok=1N3kCvQA" width="1280" height="736" alt="Kabul. A group of children working in the street. Afghanistan's economic crisis is mainly due to the fact that development aid has stopped, causing the economy to collapse. The number of child laborers has tripled." title="Kabul. A group of children working in the street. Afghanistan's economic crisis is mainly due to the fact that development aid has stopped, causing the economy to collapse. The number of child laborers has tripled." /> </picture> </div> </div> <div class="icrc-container"> <div class="title-module"> <h2 id="title"> The impact of our work: January to June 2024 </h2> </div> <div class="items-holder"> <div class="items-frame"> <div class="items-block facts-and-figures-slider" role="group" aria-roledescription="carousel" aria-labelledby="title"> <div id="facts-and-figures-item941220" class="box" role="group" aria-labelledby="figure"> <div class="frame"> <div class="title" id="figure"> 434,812 </div> <div class="text"> <div class="ck-text"><p>patients - mostly women and children - received primary health care at <strong>47</strong> health facilities run by the Afghan Red Crescent Society and supported by the ICRC</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="facts-and-figures-item941221" class="box" role="group" aria-labelledby="figure--2"> <div class="frame"> <div class="title" id="figure--2"> 99,457 </div> <div class="text"> <div class="ck-text"><p>patients were assisted in seven ICRC-supported physical rehabilitation centres</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="facts-and-figures-item941222" class="box" role="group" aria-labelledby="figure--3"> <div class="frame"> <div class="title" id="figure--3"> 113 </div> <div class="text"> <div class="ck-text"><p>cases of missing people were resolved and their whereabouts were ascertained</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="facts-and-figures-item941223" class="box" role="group" aria-labelledby="figure--4"> <div class="frame"> <div class="title" id="figure--4"> 81 </div> <div class="text"> <div class="ck-text"><p>Red Cross messages and <strong>1</strong> "Salamat" (oral short message) were exchanged between detainees in Afghanistan and their families</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="facts-and-figures-item941224" class="box" role="group" aria-labelledby="figure--5"> <div class="frame"> <div class="title" id="figure--5"> 396 </div> <div class="text"> <div class="ck-text"><p>households (<strong>3,168</strong> people) earned income through cash-for-work projects in Herat, Kandahar and Panjshir</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="facts-and-figures-item941225" class="box" role="group" aria-labelledby="figure--6"> <div class="frame"> <div class="title" id="figure--6"> 211,000 </div> <div class="text"> <div class="ck-text"><p>people received improved electricity supply through the donation of transformer oil, electrical equipment and transformers to Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="items-bar"> <div class="nav-slider"> <span class="counter" role="status" aria-live="polite" aria-atomic="true"> <span class="visually-hidden"></span> <span class="visually-visible" aria-hidden="true"></span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="quotes945637" class="quote-module module"> <div class="icrc-container"> <div class="title-module"> <h2>Stories from the people we serve</h2> </div> <div class="simple-slider-holder"> <div class="row js-simple-slider"> <div class="col"> <div class="frame"> <blockquote> <p>Without the ICRC’s home-schooling programme, people who use wheelchairs and those not able to go to public or private schools would all be illiterate.</p> </blockquote> </div> </div> <div class="col"> <div class="frame"> <blockquote> <p>The cash assistance brought us back to life. It was like throwing a fish back into the sea.</p> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> <div class="items-bar"> <div class="nav-slider"> <span class="counter" role="status" aria-live="polite" aria-atomic="true"> <span class="visually-hidden"></span> <span class="visually-visible" aria-hidden="true"></span> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="faq-module" id="country-service"> <div class="icrc-container"> <div class="title-module"> <h2>Our services in Afghanistan</h2> </div> <div class="faq-list-block"> <div class="faq-list"> <ul> <li> <h3 class="question"> <button type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="#faq945638" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#faq945638"> Restoring family links </button> </h3> <div class="collapse" id="faq945638"> <div class="holder"> <p>Through our Protection of Family Links service, in cooperation with the Afghan Red Crescent Society, we seek to reunite family members separated by armed conflict, other violence, natural disasters, migration or detention. This service also helps restore and maintain family contact and, when needed, facilitates the reunification of minors with their family members.</p> </div> </div> </li> <li> <h3 class="question"> <button type="button" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="#faq945639" data-bs-toggle="collapse" data-bs-target="#faq945639"> Physical rehabilitation programme </button> </h3> <div class="collapse" id="faq945639"> <div class="holder"> <p>The ICRC supports seven physical rehabilitation centres across Afghanistan, in Kabul, Nangarhar, Badakhshan, Balkh, Herat, Gulbahar and Helmand. In 2022, we helped more than 13,000 people with physical disabilities, including patients diagnosed with cerebral palsy. If you are living in one of the above-mentioned provinces or a neighbouring one, please visit one of our centres.</p> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="views-element-container"></div> <div id="contact-country" class="contact-list-module"> <div class="icrc-container"> <div class="title-module"> <h2>Contact us</h2> </div> <div class="contact-row"> <div class="contact-content"> <div class="info-contact"> <div class="col"> <div class="item"> <h3>Address</h3> Street 15, Lane 1, House #4, Wazir Akbar Khan, Kabul, Afghanistan </div> </div> <div class="col"> <div class="item"> <h3>Telephone</h3> <a dir="ltr" href="tel:+93799550055 / +93701150000">+93799550055 / +93701150000</a> </div> <div class="item"> <h3>Opening Hours:</h3> <p>8am–5pm</p> </div> </div> <div class="button-col"> <div class="btn-wrap btn-w-accent"> <a href="" data-fancybox="0e6e16e53fe2a092fbd4c512cc86c346" class="button icrc-fb">Write to us</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="follow-us-contact"> <h3>Follow us at:</h3> <div class="follow-us-list"> <ul> <li> <a href="https://twitter.com/ICRC_af"> <span class="svg-icon"> <svg aria-hidden="true"> <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/icrc_theme/html/svg/sprite.min.svg#icon-x"></use> </svg> </span> X</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ICRCaf"> <span class="svg-icon"> <svg aria-hidden="true"> <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/icrc_theme/html/svg/sprite.min.svg#icon-facebook"></use> </svg> </span> Facebook</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="contact-row"> <div class="contact-content"> <div class="info-block"> <h3>Our work with the Afghan Red Crescent Society</h3> <div class="frame"> <div class="text-col"> <p>The ICRC works in cooperation with the Afghan Red Crescent Society and other Movement partners. 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