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KABUL - Afghan civil society organizations have started preparations to develop strong messages through an inclusive and participatory mechanism for the International Conference on Afghanistan to be held in Tokyo on 8 July…

HELMAND - Message of peace resonated in an annual poetry event held in the southern Helmand province of Afghanistan on Thursday last week. Over 500 poets, writers and intellectuals from about over a dozen provinces of…

CHICAGO - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon assured Afghan President Hamid Karzai yesterday that the United Nations stands ready to support to the Afghan authorities to produce “credible and democratic elections”. According to…

NANGARHAR - A United Nations-supported stage drama show that seeks to raise awareness against underage marriage attracted hundreds of Afghan men, women and elderly in the country’s eastern Laghman province last week. The…

KABUL - The number of women dying of pregnancy and childbirth related complications has almost halved in 20 years, according to new estimates released today by the United Nations, which stressed that greater progress is still…

KABUL - The number of women dying of pregnancy and childbirth related complications has almost halved in 20 years, according to new estimates released today by the United Nations, which stressed that greater progress is still…

KABUL - The United Nations-supported film project “Kabul, I love you” premiered today at the French Institute in Kabul at an event that included the UN Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General Michael Keating…

KABUL - Concerns over the credibility of the electoral process and transfer of power in the presidential elections of 2014 brought together the two largest political opposition of Afghanistan. The National Front of…

KABUL - After decades of sustained clearance efforts, Afghanistan is within 10 years of becoming free from the impact of mines. Working closely with the Afghan Government, the Mine Action Programme of Afghanistan (MAPA) has…

KABUL - United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is seriously concerned that the protection needs of civilians, especially children and their right to education are being violated through reported attacks by…

KABUL - Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Valerie Amos, is calling on donor states to continue supporting the people of Afghanistan affected by the conflict and natural disasters. Valerie Amos, who is also the…

KABUL - An eight-member delegation from the Wolesi Jirga’s Women Committee has visited Bamyan to assess the situation of women during the security transition period, and find positive examples that it can show in other…