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NEW YORK - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations mission in Afghanistan have strongly condemned today’s explosions in Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif that have resulted in numerous deaths and injuries of civilians who…

KABUL - The 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence is an international campaign that runs from 25 November, International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women, through 10 December, International Human Rights Day…

KABUL - Thank you Salam aleikum. It is a great pleasure to meet all distinguished journalists. I arrived this afternoon and I had a very good meeting with President Karzai, and just now I had about an hour long meeting with…

KABUL - The 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence is an international campaign that runs from 25 November, International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women, through 10 December, International Human Rights Day…

HERAT - More than one hundred people today turned out to the Estaqlal Hall in Herat to watch a mobile exhibit of photos on the theme of “resilience.” The opening ceremony started with poetry by a local writer and speeches…

KABUL - The 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence is an international campaign that runs from 25 November, International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women, through 10 December, International Human Rights Day…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan welcomes a joint report launched today by a group of Afghan civil society organisations and the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission entitled, Afghan…

KABUL - The 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence is an international campaign that runs from 25 November, International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women, through 10 December, International Human Rights Day…

KABUL - At an observation ceremony to mark World AIDS Day at the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Suraya Dalil, Acting Minister of Public Health (MoPH) of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, with WHO, stressed the importance…

KABUL - The 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence is an international campaign that runs from 25 November, International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women, through 10 December, International Human Rights Day…

NEW YORK - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for governments, civil society and the global community to work alongside persons with disabilities, saying their participation is essential to achieve inclusive and sustainable…

NEW YORK - Heading into the fourth decade of AIDS, we are finally in a position to end the epidemic. The progress we have made so far is proof that we can realize our vision of zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and…