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NEW YORK - Marking the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture today, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the world body’s Member States to step up efforts to assist all those who have suffered…

KABUL - National and international police officials and experts today exchanged knowledge on community policing in Afghanistan, including on ways to build trust and confidence between police and local communities, at a United…

KANDAHAR - A United Nations-supported three-day exhibition of handicraft items – made by widows and other disadvantaged women – kicked off today in southern Afghan province of Kandahar. On display at the exhibition –…

KABUL - Sustainable and equitable management of Afghanistan’s vast natural resources can contribute to peace-building in the conflict-affected country, but it also can trigger and fuel conflict unless managed properly…

BAMYAN - Two villages with a large number of returnee families on the eastern fringes of Band-i-Amir Lake in central Afghanistan’s Bamyan province are benefitting from stepped-up assistance provided by the Office of the…

KABUL - United Nations staff in Afghanistan are mourning the loss of one of their colleagues, Barbara De Anna, who died yesterday at a hospital in Germany from injuries sustained during the attack on 24 May on the compound of…

KHOST - Schools should not be used as polling stations during the upcoming provincial council and presidential elections, Khost Provincial Governor Abdul Jabar Naeemi, said in a school inauguration ceremony on Tuesday…

GENEVA - The United Nations human rights office said on Tuesday it was “deeply concerned” over President Hamid Karzai’s appointment of five new commissioners to the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission ( AIHRC)…

KABUL - Top United Nations officials stressed today for a collective action to promote preparedness and resilience to water scarcity, desertification and drought that pose serious threat to Afghanistan. “Droughts are hard to…

HERAT - Human rights groups in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat have raised alarm over increasing number of attacks and threats against local journalists in recent months, calling on authorities to protect them. A…

KUNDUZ - With the handover of security responsibility of Khanabad district of the north-eastern Kunduz province from international military forces to the Afghan forces yesterday, the security transition process has completed…

NEW YORK - The Secretary-General [Ban Ki-moon] condemns the suicide attack that took place on 11 June in Kabul on civilian government workers in the environs of the Supreme Court building. The attack, for which the Taliban…