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The theme for this year’s International Day of Cooperatives, “Youth, the Future of Cooperatives”, highlights the enormous value of engaging the energy and drive of young people. In the wake of the global financial and…

1 July 2011 - The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is being forced by a funding shortfall to cut its recovery programmes in nearly half of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces, a spokesperson said. “We are having to refocus our activities…

Making education accessible for all will be the focus of a United Nations conference in Geneva next week that will bring together representatives from governments, international organizations, civil society and academia to…

KABUL - I am pleased to greet the Foreign Ministers of the Organization of the Islamic Conference. I thank the government of Kazakhstan for hosting this event. The OIC and the UN share many common goals and maintain a close…

KABUL - Staffan de Mistura, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Afghanistan, today met, at their request, with several representatives of the Wolesi Jirga candidates backed by the court set up…

KABUL - Staffan de Mistura, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Afghanistan, today met, at their request, with several representatives of the Wolesi Jirga candidates backed by the court set up…

NANGARHAR - Until recently the barren desert land in parts of Nangarhar province was littered with unexploded ordinances. Now, however, the township is thriving. Trees are part of this success story. Beginning five years ago…

KABUL - Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict Radhika Coomaraswamy was appalled to learn today of the use of a young girl as an unwitting suicide bomber in the Char China District of…

GARDIZ - In rural areas where cultural constraints and poor security prevent girls from enrolling in schools, the Ministry of Education is working with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), community elders and…

KABUL - Members of the Wolesi Jirga today presented Staffan de Mistura, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Afghanistan, with a letter addressed to the Secretary-General of the United…

Members of the Wolesi Jirga today presented Staffan de Mistura, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Afghanistan, with a letter addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. In…

NEWYORK - Drug trafficking, once viewed largely as a social and criminal problem, has transformed in recent years into a major threat to the health and security of people and regions. The $61 billion annual market for Afghan…