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6 March 2010 - On the eve of Women’s Day and his departure as outgoing top envoy for Afghanistan, Kai Eide today challenged the country’s political leadership to empower women constantly and not just on the annual celebration…

5 March 2010 - On the eve of International Women’s Day on 8 March, religious scholars or “Ulemas” in the east of Afghanistan have vowed to raise public awareness about Harmful Traditional Practices (HTPs) against women…

4 March 2010 - Download UNAMA's review of the week in stories and photos. UNAMA NEWS - UNAMA PHOTOS

KABUL - The outgoing top United Nations envoy for Afghanistan today stressed the need to reverse the negative trends in the country within the year or they will inevitably become “irreversible.” Press conference transcript -…

KABUL - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Kai Eide, has held his final press conference in Kabul. SRSG: Thank you very much and thank you also for coming to my last press…

KABUL - Success in Afghanistan hinges on a better understanding of Afghan society by the world and the assumption of greater responsibility by its authorities, the outgoing United Nations envoy there said today. The…

4 March 2010 - Experts cannot state with precision when the old city of Herat was built as it stands today. Herat’s history as a human settlement dates as far back as the Iron Age, and under Alexander the Great, during pre…

4 March 2010 - The latest issue of UNAMA’s quarterly Afghan Update magazine recognizes Afghanistan’s rich past and the need to preserve it for future generations. Download magazine: English - Dari - Pashto

3 March 2010 - For Bashir Ahmad, who runs a sports shop in downtown Jalalabad, the last three weeks have probably been the busiest since he opened his business nine years ago. An unexpected rise in the sale of cricket gear…

3 March 2010 - The history and archaeology of Afghanistan stretches back more than 40 millennia, from Palaeolithic sites where stone tools illustrate aspects of the lives of the first human settlements in Afghanistan, through…

KABUL - A nation’s integrity is best assured when its members hold fast to the cultural values that fortify their sense of identity, and societies that live in harmony by welcoming the new while treasuring the past maintain…

1 March 2010 - The Government of Afghanistan has initiated a programme tapping Mullahs and religious elders in making people aware of women’s rights in accordance with Islamic laws, the Afghan institutional law and…