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KABUL - Today H.E. Wais Ahmad Barmak – Minister of the Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) – together with senior government officials and members of the community, inaugurated the construction of a 2.6 kilometre…

KABUL - More than 180 female judges from across Afghanistan discussed problems they face while going about their duties, at a four-day annual conference of an umbrella body of female judges which concluded in the capital…

NURISTAN - Three doctors were released on Wednesday, a day after they were taken hostage by unidentified kidnappers in eastern Nuristan province, an official said. The doctors, who had come from Kabul, were abducted when they…

KUNAR - Provincial Council members and residents of eastern Kunar province have backed the proposed construction of a joint hydropower dam by Afghanistan and Pakistan on the Kunar River. On the eve of President Hamid Karzai’s…

NANGARHAR - A dispute between three sub-tribes has ended in Haska Mina district following mediation by the provincial Department of Tribal Affairs and elders. According to Wajiurahman, the Department head, a special jirga (‘a…

BALKH - Eleven-year-old Gulsum, a victim of a harmful tradition, ‘ Baad,’ finally had to take the risk of running away from her forced marriage in Sar-i-Pul province’ s capital city on Tuesday. According to provincial women…

KANDAHAR - Senior government officials in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province highlighted the need to have more women in politics, good governance and decision-making, at a United Nations-organized event last week.…

BAMYAN - Two schools in the Yakawlang district of Afghanistan’s central Bamyan province have spent the past two weeks serving as the pilot sites for a United-Nations backed community policing project – locally known as Police…

SAR-I-PUL- Incidents of rape and self-immolation among women have been on the increase in northern Sar-i-Pul province, an official said on Thursday. So far 125 cases of violence against women have been registered in the…

KHOST - A 20-bed hospital for treatment of drug addicts was inaugurated in Khost province, local officials said on Saturday. Addressing an inauguration ceremony, the head of the Khost counter-narcotics department, Mirna Gul…

KABUL - Six ministries of the Government of Afghanistan were the focus of a workshop on implementation of Gender-responsive Budgeting (GRB) that concluded, here today. The workshop was jointly organized by the Ministry of…

KABUL - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has granted Afghanistan membership to International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), which seeks to secure coordinated and effective action to prevent and…