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4 April 2010 - The United Nations Environment Programme in Afghanistan has been honoured with one of the country’s highest awards. President Hamid Karzai has awarded the Order of Malalai to UNEP’s Country Director Belinda…

4 April 2010 - Today the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action is marked across the world. Website: MACCA

3 April 2010 - Dozens of deminers wearing crisp blue uniforms and face-protecting helmets lined up to greet the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Staffan de Mistura, ambassadors and donors…

NEW YORK - A UN survey says that Afghanistan, the world's biggest producer of opium, is now also the global leader when it comes to the production of hashish.

1 April 2010 - The traditional annual “Narinj Gul” or Orange Blossom Festival has been marked in Jalalabad today. More than ten thousand people joined the event which has celebrated Afghan poetry and writing for more than 60…

KABUL - The top United Nations official in Afghanistan has condemned an attack by gunmen against a German aid agency in the east of the country that killed a local engineer and severely injured an international aid worker…

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

KABUL - Today UNODC releases its first-ever Afghanistan Cannabis Survey showing that the world’s biggest producer of opium is also a major producer of cannabis. Full report Way down from the earlier figure of 70,000 hectares…

31 March 2010 - At the release of the first “Afghanistan Cannabis Survey” by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan Staffan de Mistura…

31 March 2010 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Staffan de Mistura, has expressed his condolences over and condemned an attack on the office of the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) in…

KABUL - Today UNODC releases its first-ever Afghanistan Cannabis Survey showing that the world’s biggest producer of opium is also a major producer of cannabis. Full report Way down from the earlier figure of 70,000 hectares…

30 March 2010 - The top United Nations official in Afghanistan, Staffan de Mistura, flew today to the volatile southeastern provinces of Paktya and Khost to meet with UN staff and local communities and authorities in one of…