25 May 2013 – In the midst of ongoing violence, more than 100 Afghan artists and activists today gave away 10,000 pink balloons to residents of the country’s capital, Kabul, in what may have been the largest public art installation to ever take place in Afghanistan.
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New York, 24 May 2013 - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemns the attack involving the compound of the International Organization for Migration that took place in Kabul on Friday, the UN chief's spokesperson said in a statement.
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KABUL, 24 May 2013 – I strongly condemn today’s terrorist attack centred on a compound of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in central Kabul.
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23 May 2013 – Watched by Afghanistan’s first female Olympian, more than 150 girls from high schools in the capital, Kabul, competed today in a track and field event held to select female athletes for the country’s female Athletics Team.
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22 May 2013 – There are currently at least 600 women and girls imprisoned in Afghanistan for “moral crimes,” an increase of 50 per cent over the past 18 months, according to an international non-governmental organization (NGO) focused on human rights, which has also highlighted the need for further action from Afghan authorities on the country’s Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW) law.
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22 May 2013 - From mountain glaciers to rural wetlands, Afghanistan is rich in biodiversity but these sources of water are coming under pressure and need to be protected, according to the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) office in the South Asian nation, on the occasion of the International Day of Biological Diversity.
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21 May 2013 – Plans to turn the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif into a regional transportation hub have taken a jump forward with the opening of a new airport terminal.
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KABUL, 20 May 2013 – The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and UN Women have urged Afghan authorities to step up their efforts to ensure the full implementation of the law on the Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW), in line with their international commitments. PASHTO DARI
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20 May 2013 – As cultural institutions around the world opened their doors this week for International Museum Day, the expansion of Afghanistan's own National Museum came a step closer to completion.
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19 May 2013 - The Director-General of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Irina Bokova, used her visit to Afghanistan to raise awareness about the education of girls and to highlight the importance of the country’s cultural heritage as a vital economic asset.
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