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19 July 2010 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is headed to Kabul for a major international gathering on Tuesday at which he will call on Afghans to unite in the interest of peace and development in their country. The…

20 July 2010 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Kabul today to attend the International Conference on Afghanistan to be held on 20 July. The Conference is another important step in furthering the transition to Afghan…

19 July 2010 - Afghan singer Farhad Darya entertains fans of all ages at a peace concert on the eve of the Kabul Conference. The Kabul-born artist said he wants to remind Afghan leaders and the international community to…

19 July 2010 - Final preparations are underway in the Afghan capital of Kabul today as dozens of foreign ministers are arriving for the first major international conference on Afghanistan to be hosted in the country. The…

19 July 2010 - People in Afghanistan’s eastern region hope that tomorrow’s Kabul Conference will conclude with positive steps towards bringing sustainable peace and economic development to their country. Most of the more than…

KABUL - Dozens of Afghan women from the provinces of Kandahar in the south to Takhar in the north are calling on Afghan leaders to give more visibility to women’s rights at the Kabul Conference on Tuesday, cautioning that…

17July 2010 - The Afghan Department of Social Affairs has trained more than 100 members of Government and civil society in eastern Afghanistan about juvenile justice with a longer term goal of keeping underage offenders out…

15 July 2010 - The official tasked with helping to decide which names of individuals or entities to remove from the list of those subject to Security Council sanctions measures against Al-Qaida and the Taliban said today that…

15 July 2010 - The Ministry of Public Health in partnership with UNICEF and WHO is implementing for the first time, a comprehensive package designed to protect children in vulnerable and hard-to-reach districts. Child Health…

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15 July 2010 - Working with local Afghan partners, the United Nations refugee agency has been providing building materials and cash grants averaging US $100 to hundreds of families crossing back home from Pakistan as part of…