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KUNAR - Provincial Council members and residents of eastern Kunar province have backed the proposed construction of a joint hydropower dam by Afghanistan and Pakistan on the Kunar River. On the eve of President Hamid Karzai’s…

NANGARHAR - A dispute between three sub-tribes has ended in Haska Mina district following mediation by the provincial Department of Tribal Affairs and elders. According to Wajiurahman, the Department head, a special jirga (‘a…

BALKH - Eleven-year-old Gulsum, a victim of a harmful tradition, ‘ Baad,’ finally had to take the risk of running away from her forced marriage in Sar-i-Pul province’ s capital city on Tuesday. According to provincial women…

KANDAHAR - Senior government officials in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province highlighted the need to have more women in politics, good governance and decision-making, at a United Nations-organized event last week.…

BAMYAN - Two schools in the Yakawlang district of Afghanistan’s central Bamyan province have spent the past two weeks serving as the pilot sites for a United-Nations backed community policing project – locally known as Police…

SAR-I-PUL- Incidents of rape and self-immolation among women have been on the increase in northern Sar-i-Pul province, an official said on Thursday. So far 125 cases of violence against women have been registered in the…

KHOST - A 20-bed hospital for treatment of drug addicts was inaugurated in Khost province, local officials said on Saturday. Addressing an inauguration ceremony, the head of the Khost counter-narcotics department, Mirna Gul…

KABUL - Six ministries of the Government of Afghanistan were the focus of a workshop on implementation of Gender-responsive Budgeting (GRB) that concluded, here today. The workshop was jointly organized by the Ministry of…

KABUL - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has granted Afghanistan membership to International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), which seeks to secure coordinated and effective action to prevent and…

NANGARHAR - Civil society representatives in eastern Nangarhar province urged Governor Gul Agha Sherzai to stem corruption and ensure good governance in government institutions last week. In a five-point resolution of the…

NANGARHAR - Community elders and leaders from Afghanistan’s eastern provinces, who gathered in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province last week, said that security situation was deteriorating and this might affect next…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) strongly condemns the recent abduction and killing of six civilians in Herat province. Among the civilians executed were five employees of the International…