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NEW YORK - Hundreds of students from around the world are gathering at United Nations Headquarters in New York today to take part in a youth assembly, dedicated to issuing a global call for quality education for all. Among…

KABUL - The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, has drawn global attention to the issue of adolescent pregnancy, which is the focus of this year’s World Population Day. “When we devote attention and resources to…

KANDAHAR - About 30 women have been trained on beauty parlour in Kandahar, enabling them to support their families financially. The women graduated from the three-month training, conducted by the Kandahar Municipality, and…

KABUL - The Ghazni Governor asked the Taliban to shift their political office from Doha to the province, serving as the current capital of the Islamic civilization. Addressing a meeting of the Tribal Solidarity Council, Musa…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) strongly condemns the killing by a roadside bomb of at least 18 civilians – including eight women, eight children and two men – in the Obeh district of the…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) strongly condemns the killing by a roadside bomb of at least 18 civilians – including eight women, eight children and two men – in the Obeh district of the…

KABUL - Extreme overcrowding, a lack of medical care and poor sanitation. These are just some of the challenges facing the Afghan corrections system, and which the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is…

PAKTYA - Beekeepers in Paktya province have been able to increase honey production and maintain its “high quality because of easy access to a variety of juicy flowers,” but they lack access to foreign markets and face “a…

KABUL - An Afghan Government project launched two years ago seeking to address the country’s “highly bureaucratic, time consuming and expensive business licensing regime” has reduced administrative burdens and opportunities…

KABUL - The first decade of the 21st century was the warmest in the world since modern measurements began around 1850, and 2010 was the hottest year ever recorded, with far-reaching implications for our environment, according…

KABUL - At the end of a five-day visit to Afghanistan which included a range of high-level meetings and a field trip, the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Jan Eliasson, reaffirmed the commitment of the world body to…

BALKH - A United Nations-supported vocational training and literacy programme has been launched for inmates of the central jail in northern Balkh province. According to the commander of the prison, Colonel Abdullah Azizi…