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KABUL - The United Nations refugee agency is slated to build a further 10,000 homes in Afghanistan next year in a bid to ease the return of Afghans who have fled decades of violence in the war-wracked nation and encourage…

11 December 2009 – It is a clear winter day in Mazar-i-Sharif. The first snows of December have covered the nearby mountains white, on which a clear sky reflects its blue colour. On this cold Friday, the city sounds joyful…

10 December 2009 - Among many events across Afghanistan on Human Rights Day, more than three hundred people gathered in the eastern Laghman province to mark the day. Officials, members of civil society groups, religious…

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10 December 2009 - UNESCO and the Government of Italy signed a US$ 1 million agreement to develop the capacity of Educational Radio and Television of Afghanistan. English - Dari Following the agreement signed between Italian…

KABUL - UNESCO and the Government of Italy signed a US$1 million agreement to develop the capacity of Educational Radio and Television of Afghanistan. English - Dari

KABUL - For decades, the only link between Sar-i-Pul and Sosma Qala, where more than 300 returnees from Iran are about to recover their homelands, has been a dusty bumpy road. Since the Government of Afghanistan, supported by…

KABUL - Statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay. The concept of non-discrimination lies at the heart of human rights. For this reason, it has been designated the official theme of this Human Rights…

NEW YORK - Secretary-General's Message for Human Rights Day 2009. No country is free of discrimination. We see it everywhere, in many forms: old and new, covert and blatant, public and private. It may appear as…

9 December 2009 - The United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Kai Eide, today met with the US Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates in Kabul, where he presented his civilian agenda…

KABUL - Corruption is very high on the United Nations’ agenda for Afghanistan, according to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General Kai Eide. Mr Eide was speaking at a news conference in Kabul organized on the…

9 December 2009 - On International Anti-Corruption Day, the head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Afghanistan, Jean-Luc Lemahieu, issues a message. December 9 is a significant date when nations around the…