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KABUL - Without sufficient access to health services and education, Afghan women have too many children too frequently exposing them and their families to dangers, the head of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) today…

KABUL – The head of the United Nations operations centre in the southern region and officers from the UN Human Rights Unit today visited Kandahar Sarpoza Central Prison to meet with prisoners and detainees from the political…

BAMYAN - In his first visit to Bamyan since the province began transitioning security responsibilities from international to Afghan forces, deputy Martin Kobler reiterated that the United Nations’ commitment to the Afghan…

DAI KUNDI - Dozens of young people in Dai Kundi province today gathered to discuss their roles and responsibilities in creating a peaceful Afghanistan as part of events marking International Youth Day in the region. “The aim…

KUNDUZ - Afghan and United Nations officials in northern Afghanistan are trying to teach families not to feed their infants opium to keep them asleep while they work. Around forty young parents from carpet weaving families in…

Change Our World” is more than the theme of this year’s International Youth Day; it is an injunction that should inspire young people at all times. Far too many of the world’s more than one billion young people lack the…

by Staffan de Mistura Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Afghanistan KABUL - AFGHAN youth are growing up at a critical moment in Afghanistan. This country is at a crossroad between continuing…

KABUL - Since he was nine-years-old Wais Ahmad Hikmat has been the editor-in-chief of the Rafahi Naw Jawan (Teenager Welfare), a bi-monthly magazine published for and by young volunteers. “When I realized there was…

BAMYAN - Hundreds of field workers in the Central Highlands Region have begun training for the first national door-to-door survey of Afghan households. Download the UNFPA press release The Socio-Economic and Demographic…

NEW YORK - United Nations Secretary-General BAN Ki-moon today announced his intention to appoint Mr. Martin Kobler of Germany as his Special Representative for Iraq and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq…

KUNDUZ- UNAMA hosted a consultative meeting with the Kunduz religious scholars and community elders on protection of civilians during the armed conflicts. The aim of the meeting was to pass the message to communities and…

MAZAR-I-Sharif - In his first visit to Mazar-e-Sharif since the UN mission was attacked on 1 April, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Afghanistan Staffan de Mistura promised that “we will…