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8 March 2010 - On International Women’s Day in Bamyan, women and men gathered to pray for peace in Afghanistan and to discuss the role of women and their place in the country during the ongoing peace and reconciliation…

8 March 2010 - A tremendous improvement in women’s social, economic and political life has been noted in Paktya over the past ten years. This was learned by the South-East Region offices of the United Nations Assistance…

8 March 2010 - One belief that the Western world often held about Asia and the East was that it was a land of enormous luxury and wealth. One Western poet from the 19th century, James Elroy Flecker, summed up this view by…

8 March 2010 - On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Kunduz’s Female Traders Association, with financial support of German NGO, GTZ, held a three-day women’s handicraft exhibition. Handicrafts made by women from four…

8 March 2010 - To mark International Women's Day in Afghanistan, UNAMA presents a special online photo exhibition on women in the county. Click to view photo exhibition

8 March 2010 - On International Women’s Day, UNAMA brings you stories of women who have not just beaten the odds, but triumphed and are, now, making a difference for their gender across the country. Meet Mahgul Yamam, a 56…

8 March 2010 - International Women's Day message from UNIFEM Excecuitve Director: "Human security and humanitarian assistance, like human development, requires greater numbers of women at all decision-making tables." Full…

7 March 2010 - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has initiated a press briefing about the Law on Elimination of Violence against Women in Kunduz. Briefing the media on the contents of the law were…

7 March 2010 - Latest figures from the United Nations in Afghanistan show about 27,700 individuals have been displaced in Helmand in the last month. The UN Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports…

7 March 2010 - As a part of the Mission’s campaign to raise awareness about Afghanistan’s rich past, Kabul Musuem Director Omara Khan Massoudi spoke to UNAMA on his desire to see the musuem rise from the ashes. Afghanistan…

6 March 2010 - Outgoing United Nations envoy to Afghanistan Kai Eide, during his last address in Afghanistan today, expressed concerns over the country’s amnesty law and a recent presidential electoral decree. Later he was…

KABUL - On his last day in Afghanistan as the UN's top envoy in the country, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, Kai Eide, releases a major policy paper calling for "a change of mindset" by the…