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KABUL - Civil society and media watchdog organizations urged the Government of Afghanistan today to immediately send the draft Access to Information Law to the parliament for approval in order to ensure “accountability…

KABUL - Eleven-year-old Mohamed Nasim, who is in sixth grade, wakes up at 5:30 every morning to take computer lessons in a makeshift classroom here in Borghaso village, Bamiyan Province, northwest of Kabul. He draws a house…

KABUL - UNAMA notes the announcement today of the main findings and recommendations of the President’s fact-finding delegation tasked to investigate torture and ill-treatment of detainees by Afghan authorities in Afghan…

KABUL - The United Nations in Afghanistan has joined forces with national and international partners to expand and complement existing programmes to strengthen the capacity of women police, and improve access to justice for…

BADAKHSHAN - Food prices have spiraled in 17 districts of northeastern Badakhshan province as roads linking the towns with provincial capital, Faizabad City, remained closed due to recent snowfall, officials said on Friday…

KANDAHAR - Kandahar Governor Dr. Toryali Wesa said yesterday that proper living conditions should be provided prior to the return of Afghan refugees to the country. “Upon the return of the refugees, we will be able to have…

HELMAND - Officials in southern Helmand Province of Afghanistan kicked off a sapling planting campaign yesterday, with the aim of planting 135,000 saplings. Helmand Governor Al-haj Mohammad Naem, Deputy Governor Masood…

KABUL - Afghanistan registered significant progress in defending rights of journalists and promoting freedom of the press in 2012, an achievement hailed by both journalists and the Government of Afghanistan. In its World…

KANDAHAR - Afghan military officials said “a major military centre” is going to be established in the southern Uruzgan Province. Officials said the base would include a training centre for military personnel and accommodation…

KANDAHAR - The Governor of southern Kandahar Province called on the elders and the Ulema (religious scholars) yesterday to extend their cooperation to eliminate the polio virus “from their homes and villages”. Speaking during…

KABUL - Following weeks of bickering about the process of decision-making over the technical and legal aspects of the Presidential elections, attempts are underway to speed up the process. A recent decree from Afghan…

KUNDUZ - Kunduz Provincial officials and UNAMA highlighted the importance of resolving cases of violence against women through judicial organs rather than local informal mechanisms, in the northeastern Afghan province…