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KABUL - Election officials in eastern Afghanistan are working relentlessly in the final hours of preparations before polling opens at 7 am tomorrow. The stage has already been set in most of the districts, while officials…

KABUL - Election officials in eastern Afghanistan are working relentlessly in the final hours of preparations before polling opens at 7 am tomorrow. The stage has already been set in most of the districts, while officials…

KABUL - With the campaigning period over and Election Day just hours away, the fates of the 41 presidential contenders are now in the hands of the nearly 17 million Afghan voters. However, for most candidates, the work…

19 August 2009 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged all eligible Afghan men and women to cast their ballots in tomorrow’s presidential and provincial elections, saying their votes will play a crucial role in helping the…

19 August 2009 - “Can you help me choose a good person as president?” asks a woman voter in a blue burqa to the ballot paper issuer at a mock polling station. “No, we cannot tell you who to vote for. This is your decision,”…

BALKH - Election fever is sweeping the north of the country from Balkh to Jawzjan, Faryab and Sar-i-Pul. This election will be decisive for the future of Afghanistan, everybody knows it. But the main question remains: Who’s…

KABUL - From 26-28 July the Ministry of Public Health, with support of UNICEF, WHO and partners from the civil society are organizing the 4th National Immunization Days. The aim is to immunize all children in the age group at…

18 August 2009 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has voiced his deep distress at the news that two United Nations staff members were among those killed in today’s suicide bombing in Kabul, which reportedly killed at least seven…

KABUL - The top United Nations envoy in Afghanistan appealed today to all groups threatening violence in Afghanistan on Election Day to allow their fellow Afghans to choose their future leader. At a press conference in Kabul…

18 August 2009 - In Afghanistan voting at the local community level has paved the way for thousands of small scale development projects in recent years. The National Solidarity Program (NSP) was founded on the principles of…

18 August 2009 - The candidate, clad in a simple salwar kameez, her head mostly hidden under a scarf, except for a tousle of thick black hair that deliberately manages to escape cover, enters a room filled with eager…

KABUL - Patience is probably the one thing the electorate will need on polling day, which is just three days away. Election officials say on average a person may take up to ten minutes to complete voting. A voter should first…