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20 June 2010 - The number of refugees voluntarily returning home to Afghanistan in 2010 reached the 70,000 mark this week. With two and a half months of the peak repatriation period still to run, this year’s overall figure…

17 June 2010 - The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) in the northeast region recorded a total of 58 complaints during the first quarter of the Afghan year, and urged journalists to be vigilant in…

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16 June 2010 - In Takht-i-Safar park, where the former governor of Herat province Ismail Khan built a monument to mark his fight against the communist regime, the Afghan Government and the United Nations Development Programme…

NEW YORK - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is raising concern over the growing number of Afghan children making a difficult and dangerous overland journey to Europe seeking better opportunities. UNHCR says…

14 June 2010 - Latest news and information from UN agencies operating in Afghanistan. The United Nations Secretary-General: Message for 100-day countdown to International Day of Peace 13 June 2010 One hundred days from today…

13 June 2010 - One hundred days from today, the world will mark the International Day of Peace – a day on which armed conflict is meant to be stilled… a day on which we appeal to combatants to observe a ceasefire… a day on…

14 June 2010 - Nafas Gul hides her face behind her long black veil, while she speaks of her suffering and shame. From Iran where he had gone in search of a job, her husband came back addicted to drugs—a dependence he soon…

NEW YORK - A human rights organization has called for the Afghan government, the UN Security Council and the humanitarian community to prioritize child protection, and end impunity for violators of children's rights. The…