22 April 2010 - Anisa Wahab, the famous theatre star of the country, quiets us inaudibly on the night of 18 April in Kabul. She was born in the Shash Darak area of Kabul 53 years ago, of which she spent 46 years in the…
21 April 2010 - Some 100 school buildings have been constructed in Paktya province over the past two years, with 70 more to be completed this year. This progress in the education sector in the south-eastern province was…
20 April 2010 - The Nangarhar Provincial Council has started publishing a six-page newspaper for effective information dissemination in successfully fighting corruption and in promoting development. Nasratullah Nasrat…
KABUL - The upcoming parliamentary elections in Afghanistan must be an improvement over last year’s presidential polls, the top United Nations envoy there told the new head of the country’s national electoral body, urging…
19 April 2010 - Citizens and officials from Herat, in western Afghanistan, joined hands to clean up the provincial capital, at an event organized by the Department of Public Works and the United Nations World Health…
18 April 2010 - Irrigation, access, trade and energy were at the heart of talks between Farah provincial authorities and Government representatives and the donor community. Early morning, at Farah airport, a long line of…
17 April 2010 - The highest United Nations official in Afghanistan today recommended the release of international assistance for parliamentary elections to be held later this year, following a meeting with President Hamid…
KABUL - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Staffan de Mistura, in a meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai today, agreed to recommend the commencement of technical and logistical…
15 April 2010 - United Nations envoy Staffan de Mistura, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, today called on the competent Afghan authorities to ensure a quick and thorough investigation into…
KABUL - There are a few types of workers who on the one hand, save people's lives, but on the other sometimes put their own lives in danger as well. Deminers are among them. On the early morning of 11 April, a group of…
15 April 2010 - On Monday, four civilians were reportedly killed and 18 others injured in the Zhari district of Kandahar province, when international military forces fired at a bus. The Special Representative of the United…