Afghanistan, March 20 -- Leading cricketer, Rashid Khan, was on Wednesday announced as UNICEF Afghanistan's National Ambassador.

The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in a statement said in his role, 20-year-old Khan will help UNICEF to promote girls' education, tackle malnutrition, eradicate polio and improve child immunisation rates.

"It is an honour to be named as UNICEF Afghanistan's National Ambassador," said Khan. "I have always wanted to be involved in improving children's lives by contributing to issues pertaining to health, education and nutrition; and UNICEF provides me a great platform to do so. I am eagerly looking forward to this association and hope we can make a change for a better tomorrow."...