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KABUL - Commemorating World Vaccination Week at the Malalai Lycee School for girls, Dr. Suraya Dalil, Minister of Public Health (MoPH) of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Mr Sediq Patman, Deputy Minister of Education and…

NEW YORK - The World Bank’s Board of Directors today discussed its Interim Strategy Note (ISN) for the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan which provides a sustained commitment and vision to the country’s development through the…

ASHGABAT - Afghanistan’s neighbours have an important role to play in stabilizing the country, said Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General Nicholas Haysom. He was speaking last week in Ashgabat at the second…

KABUL - Afghan authorities have launched an investigation into the suspected poisoning of 156 female students attending a public school in Rostaq District of Takhar Province. According to the Ministry of Education in Kabul…

KABUL - Afghanistan’s two largest opium-growing regions are unlikely to see an increase in cultivation this year, whereas a number of other provinces, particularly in the country’s west, will see modest increases in…

Mine risk education programmes help to educate Afghans, especially children and women, about the threats of mines and unexploded ordinance KABUL - Shafiqa Zurmati, a mine risk education (MRE) trainer, distributes pictures of…

DAI KUNDI - Over four thousand people from around Dai Kundi came out today to celebrate the city’s Almond Festival, an annual event organized by the provincial government. Almond cultivation is a significant driver of the Dai…

KABUL - Mr. Alvaro Rodriguez, the new Country Director of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Afghanistan, arrived in Kabul in early April. “I’m very glad to be in Afghanistan and am looking forward to working…

KABUL - Afghanistan has made significant progress on making conditions better for women survive pregnancy and childbirth. Yet health workers say there remains room for more progress. “In 2006, the maternal mortality rate was…

JALALABAD - UNAMA's new Deputy Special Representative of Secretary General (DSRSG) for Political Affairs, Mr. Nicholas Haysom, traveled to Jalalabad yesterday for his first travel outside Kabul since his arrival. He met with…

JALALABAD - Representatives of civil society, religious scholars and minority groups from the eastern provinces of Kunar, Laghman, Nangarhar and Nuristan met in Jalalabad on Thursday to discuss the ongoing peace efforts as…

NEW YORK - United Nations officials today stressed the importance of providing adequate health services to older citizens and called on countries to commit resources to help their ageing populations lead a healthy and active…