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KABUL - The first Autumn Human Rights Film Festival opens today in Kabul with an extraordinary selection of documentaries, feature, short and animation films from all over the world that will inform, spark debate, amaze…

BAMYAN - A group of schoolchildren in Bamyan city joined community elders and United Nations staff over the weekend for an annual hike to the top of the Kushkaq Mountains. Organized by the United Nations Environment Programme…

NEWYORK - The United Nations envoy for Afghanistan today stressed the need to seize the window of opportunity for dialogue and reconciliation that exists, despite the recent killing of the former Afghan president who was…

KABUL - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today renewed the commitment of the United Nations to assist the people of Afghanistan during talks with the country’s Foreign Minister in New York. UN News Centre During their meeting on…

NEWYORK - Afghanistan is negotiating strategic partnerships with its international partners, including the United States and the European Union, to guarantee the country’s security, stability and economic development once…

KABUL – The Security Council strongly condemned yesterday’s terrorist attack in Afghanistan that claimed the life of former president Burhanuddin Rabbani and wounded several others. UN News Centre Mr. Rabbani – who was…

NEW YORK - Every year on the International Day of Peace, people around the world commit to non-violence… and to harmony among all peoples and nations. English - Dari - Pashto Peace is our mission; our day-to-day quest. This…

NEWYORK - Every year on the International Day of Peace, people around the world commit to non-violence… and to harmony among all peoples and nations. English - Dari - Pashto Peace is our mission; our day-to-day quest. This…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is shocked and saddened by the death of Professor Burhanuddin Rabbani, former President of Afghanistan and Chairman of the High Peace Council, along with a…

KABUL -The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has voiced shock and sadness after learning of the deaths earlier today of Burhanuddin Rabbani, the former president who has been spearheading recent peace…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is shocked and saddened by the death of Professor Burhanuddin Rabbani, former President of Afghanistan and Chairman of the High Peace Council, along with a…

Afghanistan has two World Heritage Sites recognised for their Outstanding Universal Value to humankind, the Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam in Ghor province and the Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of…