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KUNAR - Poppy crops grown over 50 hectares of land were destroyed during a newly launched anti-poppy campaign in the eastern Kunar province, officials said. The illicit plant has been sowed in Nurgal, Sawkai, Sarkani, Narang…

KABUL - The ongoing conflict in Afghanistan may have overshadowed its rich cultural heritage and history in recent years, but at a United Nations-backed event today, this heritage was highlighted in a ceremony in which the…

HELMAND - In a meeting with Helmand Provincial Council Members, the head of Returnees and Refugees Department, Ghulam Farooq Noorzai, said that around 209 families and other 71 families returned from Iran and Pakistan…

NANGARHAR - Tired of filing news reports on civilian casualties and other war reports, a local group of journalists and writers submitted a petition to the local government authorities as well as the United Nations in…

KABUL - At a conference linked to efforts on how to achieve a sustainable peace in Afghanistan this week, noted religious scholars from across the country called on warring sides to make "honest efforts" to put an end to the…

KANDAHAR - In an exclusive interview with Kandahar RTA, Kandahar Governor, Dr Toryali Wesa, said that the distribution of new electronic identity cards would help determine the actual population size of Kandahar and at the…

KABUL - The United Nations will provide a grant of US$58 million to Afghanistan for an initiative aimed at improving food security by enhancing the skills, services and income opportunities of rural women and men. The…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) expresses its serious concern over the deaths of at least 11 civilians, including 10 children and one woman, and injuries to seven others, in an armed clash…

FARAH - Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, visited Farah province today to meet with the family members of the victims of the Taliban group attack on 3 April in the province that killed over 50 people and wounded nearly 100…

PAKTYA - In a one day workshop in Khost province attended by community elders, clerics, civil society members, political party agents, reporters and head of the sectorial working groups, participants pointed out post-2014…

GHAZNI - Local officials promised last year to construct Band-i-Sultan dam in Jaghatu district of Ghazni province but the construction is yet to start, according to residents of Ghazni. Hundreds of them visited the irrigation…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) strongly condemns an attack against a Government compound in the south-western province of Farah on 3 April that resulted in the deaths of at least 41…