{"id":7730,"date":"2026-02-24T14:56:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/02\/24\/unicef-270000-children-risk-life-threatening-cold-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T14:56:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:56:34","slug":"unicef-270000-children-risk-life-threatening-cold-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/02\/24\/unicef-270000-children-risk-life-threatening-cold-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"UNICEF Warns 270,000 Children at Risk from Life-Threatening Cold in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations Children&#8217;s Fund (UNICEF) has announced that amid the ongoing winter cold in Daikundi province, it has distributed winter aid, including warm clothing, to vulnerable children and families.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, February 23rd, UNICEF stated on its X (formerly Twitter) page that the severe cold has made winter a difficult season for many children in Afghanistan and a struggle for survival for some.<\/p>\n<p>According to the released information, UNICEF staff, in coordination with implementing partners, have distributed warm clothes and other essential winter items among vulnerable families in Daikundi province.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, at the start of the current winter, UNICEF had warned that with ongoing displacement and temperatures dropping below zero, approximately 270,000 children across the country face life-threatening severe cold. This situation underscores the urgent need for humanitarian assistance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNICEF warns 270,000 children in Afghanistan face life-threatening cold, distributing winter aid in Daikundi amid urgent humanitarian needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,16,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-secondary-headline","category-social-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}