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ASHGABAT - Afghanistan’s neighbours have an important role to play in stabilizing the country, said Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General Nicholas Haysom. He was speaking last week in Ashgabat at the second…

KABUL - Afghan authorities have launched an investigation into the suspected poisoning of 156 female students attending a public school in Rostaq District of Takhar Province. According to the Ministry of Education in Kabul…

KABUL - Afghanistan’s two largest opium-growing regions are unlikely to see an increase in cultivation this year, whereas a number of other provinces, particularly in the country’s west, will see modest increases in…

Mine risk education programmes help to educate Afghans, especially children and women, about the threats of mines and unexploded ordinance KABUL - Shafiqa Zurmati, a mine risk education (MRE) trainer, distributes pictures of…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns the attacks launched yesterday by armed insurgents on Afghan institutions and foreign embassies in several provinces, including the capital Kabul…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns the attacks launched yesterday by armed insurgents on Afghan institutions and foreign embassies in several provinces, including the capital Kabul…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) welcomes the appointment today of a new chairman of the High Peace Council, Salahuddin Rabbani. This appointment provides an opportunity to renew efforts to…

DAI KUNDI - Over four thousand people from around Dai Kundi came out today to celebrate the city’s Almond Festival, an annual event organized by the provincial government. Almond cultivation is a significant driver of the Dai…

KABUL - Mr. Alvaro Rodriguez, the new Country Director of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Afghanistan, arrived in Kabul in early April. “I’m very glad to be in Afghanistan and am looking forward to working…

KABUL - Afghanistan has made significant progress on making conditions better for women survive pregnancy and childbirth. Yet health workers say there remains room for more progress. “In 2006, the maternal mortality rate was…

KABUL - Ján Kubiš, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, met yesterday with the Independent Election Commission (IEC) Chairman Fazl Ahmad Manawi. They discussed the renewed mandate that the…

JALALABAD - UNAMA's new Deputy Special Representative of Secretary General (DSRSG) for Political Affairs, Mr. Nicholas Haysom, traveled to Jalalabad yesterday for his first travel outside Kabul since his arrival. He met with…