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When is International Youth Day and why is it important for Afghanistan?

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Direct answer

International Youth Day is observed on 12 August. The day highlights young people’s participation, rights, challenges, and contributions.

What the figure or term means

Afghanistan’s very young population faces high stakes in education, employment, migration, health, and civic opportunity.

Youth should be represented as participants and leaders, not only as a problem category.

The date is fixed; youth-age definitions differ by dataset.

Use the source publication date when connecting an observance or historical event to a current statistic or appeal.

How to use this information responsibly

Events and observances help readers connect Afghanistan’s present humanitarian conditions with seasons, public dates, education, health, displacement, culture, and recent shocks.

Lunar-calendar dates can vary, historical events have multiple perspectives, and early disaster figures are revised. This library states dates carefully and links to primary or institutional records.

Sources and records

Check the underlying information.

  1. United Nations international days and weeks ↗
  2. United Nations Data: Afghanistan country profile ↗
  3. UNDP Afghanistan Socioeconomic Review 2024–25 ↗
  4. United Nations member states: Afghanistan ↗

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