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23 April 2010 - The Afghan Director-General of the National Environmental Protection Agency, Prince Mostapha Zaher, has been awarded the UN's highest award, the 2010 Champions of the Earth Award, for environmental leadership…

KABUL - The importance of funding in Education is paramount to the attainment of the EFA goals in Afghanistan. This genuine need was echoed in today’s ceremony which focused on celebrating the Education for All, Global Action…

22 April 2010 - The importance of funding in Education is paramount to the attainment of the EFA goals in Afghanistan. This genuine need was echoed in today’s ceremony which focused on celebrating the Education for All…

25 April 2010 - Journalists in Kandahar achieved a major milestone last week when they inaugurated the first ever press club in the south of the country. The Kandahar Press Club, which will be funded by journalists themselves…

KABUL - It is vital to immunize more Afghans against vaccine-preventable diseases and protect them from malaria, government and United Nations officials said 24 April during a Kabul ceremony launching two major health events…

20 April 2010 - The United Nations humanitarian wing is coordinating emergency aid and assessing the damage in northern Afghanistan following a 5.3-magnitude earthquake that reportedly killed at least seven people and injured…

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22 April 2010 - Anisa Wahab, the famous theatre star of the country, quiets us inaudibly on the night of 18 April in Kabul. She was born in the Shash Darak area of Kabul 53 years ago, of which she spent 46 years in the…

21 April 2010 - Some 100 school buildings have been constructed in Paktya province over the past two years, with 70 more to be completed this year. This progress in the education sector in the south-eastern province was…

20 April 2010 - The Nangarhar Provincial Council has started publishing a six-page newspaper for effective information dissemination in successfully fighting corruption and in promoting development. Nasratullah Nasrat…

KABUL - The upcoming parliamentary elections in Afghanistan must be an improvement over last year’s presidential polls, the top United Nations envoy there told the new head of the country’s national electoral body, urging…