18 October 2010 - The asphalting of 103 kilometres of the Keshim-Faizabad Road in Badakhshan has brought prosperity and happiness to residents as it has improved access to medical care, education and the local markets of this…
14 October 2010 - The income generated from Kandahar airport has increased from US$ 59,000 to US$ 100,000 in the last two months, said Kandahar airport officials. Kandahar’s Deputy Governor, Eng. Latif Ashna, at a press…
15 October 2010 (Kabul, AFGHANISTAN) - On the third annual Global Hand-washing Day, more than seven million schoolchildren, parents, teachers and government officials around Afghanistan will lather up, and at the end of the…
14 October 2010 - The World Health Organization (WHO) today launched its first global report on neglected tropical diseases. In light of an ongoing Leishmaniasis outbreak in Herat, Afghanistan, WHO along with the Ministry of…
14 October 2010 - The locals and their children were all smiles on Tuesday as senior United Nations officials reached a small village in eastern Afghanistan called Nala Bidak, an arid desert until a few years back. The…
13 October 2010 - The Security Council today extended the mission of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan for another year, calling on Governments to increase its current strength of 120,000…
13 October 2010 - Twenty-three trained midwives graduated on Monday from the Badakshan Community Midwifery Education School, at a ceremony that was attended by Government health officials and donor agencies’ representatives…
13 October 2010 - About 130 cricket-frenzied girls in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province gathered on Monday in Jalalabad to play a UN-funded cricket match, something unthinkable for girls until recent years in this part…
11 Oct 2010 - United Nations health agency World Health Organization (WHO) pledged to continue working with the Government so as to reach remote populations with increased health services in the under-resourced province of…
10 October 2010 - On the occasion of World Mental Health Day, Afghan government officials, the World Health Organization and the European Commission reinforced the need to take action and make progress against mental…