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HERAT - Participants of a three-day conference on saffron cultivation, currently underway in the western Afghan province of Herat, have urged for expansion of the cash crop as an alternate to poppy cultivation in the country…

NANGARHAR - Gunmen stormed into the office of an FM radio station in the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, Jalalabad, early on Tuesday, severely beating employees and destroying equipment, staff and officials said.The…

KABUL - Highlighting serious health consequences due to the lack of access to hygienic sanitation facilities for billions of people around the world, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for placing…

KABUL - Afghanistan’s Southern Region has today, for the first time ever, reached one full year without any reported cases of wild poliovirus, giving a boost to the country’s fight against the crippling disease. This…

NANGARHAR - The newly appointed governor of eastern Nangarhar province, Mawlawi Attaullah Ludin, has formally assumed charge, pledging to eradicate administrative corruption.Mr. Ludin was introduced as the new governor…

KABUL - Farmers in three of Afghanistan’s northern provinces are switching to regular crops such as wheat and onion as major alternatives to opium poppies, the cultivation of which rose to record levels this year, prompting…

KANDAHAR - The number of drug addicts has surged to 100,000 who spend around $100,000 daily on buying various kinds of drugs in southern Kandahar province, the Governor said today.Toryalai Weesa gave the grim statistics at a…

HELMAND - During a joint mission to Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province earlier this week, officials from six United Nations agencies met with local authorities on how they could strengthen their partnership in responding…

KUNDUZ - The newly-appointed governor to Kunduz today vowed to bring visible and positive changes to the security situation and accelerate the reconstruction process within two months.Ghulam Sakhi Baghlani, who replaced…

KABUL - Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan rose to record levels this year with a 36 per cent increase compared to last year, according to a new survey launched today by the United Nations drug and crime agency and the…

KABUL - Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan rose 36 per cent in 2013, a record high, according to the 2013 Afghan opium survey released today in Kabul by the Ministry of Counter Narcotics and the United Nations Office on…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) welcomes the completion of the third phase of the country’s voter registration top-up exercise, with an additional three million Afghans now registered to…