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29 March 2011 - Taliban “supreme leader” Mullah Mohammad Omar has issued a decree instructing insurgents not to attack schools and intimidate schoolchildren, according to the Afghan Ministry of Education (MoE). IRIN story “In…
30 March 2011 – More than 300 tribal elders and Afghan officials from Uruzgan met on Sunday with members of the High Peace Council to discuss peace and reconciliation efforts. “We should start the reconciliation efforts…
28 March 2011 – Staffan de Mistura took up his current assignment as the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in the country (UNAMA) in January 2010…
"Combat Antimicrobial Resistance: No Action Today, No Cure Tomorrow" 29 March 2011 - The discovery of antibiotics and other antimicrobial medicines has been responsible for some of the most dramatic advances in human health…
26 March 2011 – Hundreds of young Afghans this quarter are getting free computer and English training as part of an ICT4Youth, a programme created by the Deputy Ministry of Youth Affairs (DMoYA) and the United Nations…
24 March 2011 - Thousands of Helmandis gathered at Karzai stadium on the New Afghan Year Nowroz to take part in a celebration of peace. Popular singers and music bands from around the country sent messages of peace through…
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KABUL - On World TB Day, health officials in Afghanistan are calling the disease one of the country’s greatest public health threats. Afghanistan ranks among the 22 high-burden TB countries in the world. More than 50,000…
By Ivan Simonovic, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights 23 March 2011 - Sima is 15, but looks even younger. I met her in Kabul, in the female juveniles section of the Badam Bagh prison, earlier this…
22 March 2011 - The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations mission in Afghanistan for one more year so that it can continue to assist the Government as it assumes greater responsibility for ensuring…
22 March 2011 - Staffan de Mistura, the top UN envoy in Afghanistan and head of the political mission UNAMA, today highlighted the significance of Afghanistan’s regional neighbours in the effort to achieve a sustainable peace…