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NEW YORK - On this day, I salute the women of the Middle East and North Africa, along with women all over the world who are taking great risks to stand up and fight for dignity, justice and human rights for themselves and for…

The participation of women and girls in today's Afghanistan is more crucial than ever in shaping the nation of tomorrow. KABUL - Women in Afghanistan are taking their places at all levels of society. All Afghans should be…

KABUL - Women’s achievements will not be sidelined during ongoing peace efforts, President Hamid Karzai today said as United Nations senior officials in Afghanistan marked International Women’s Day by advocating for the…

NEW YORK - One hundred years ago, when the world first commemorated International Women’s Day, gender equality and women’s empowerment were largely radical ideas. On this centenary, we celebrate the significant progress that…

KABUL - The new “UN Women” created to speed up progress towards gender equality around the world officially kicks off today at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. UN Women - formally known as the United Nations…

GHAZNI - The city of Ghazni in central Afghanistan is inching towards taking its 2013 title as the Asian capital of Islamic civilization by Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (IESCO). “The naming of…

KABUL - The Government of Afghanistan today took a step towards mitigating climate change by starting work on its first ever country report documenting emissions and removals of greenhouse gases within the United Nations…

KABUL - Tens of thousands of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Afghanistan are vulnerable to cold-related diseases but have little or no access to health services, according to aid agencies. IRIN story Over 350,000…

KABUL - The United Nations envoy on children and armed conflict today met with Afghan human rights leaders and members of the international community before wrapping up a two day visit to Kabul to co-sign a child protection…

KABUL - Afghanistan’s Lower House of Parliament, the Wolesi Jirga, convened today as its 249 members were sworn in by President Hamid Karzai. This is the country’s second Parliament to be inaugurated since 2001. There are 69…

KABUL - Pro-government militias in parts of Afghanistan are believed to be recruiting underage boys and sometimes sexually abusing them in an environment of criminal impunity, local people and human rights organizations say…

KABUL - Soaring opium prices may induce more farmers to grow opium, warned the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in its full 2010 Afghanistan Opium Survey released today. The high prices are based on…