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9 March 2010 - Barely a month into its existence, a regional journalism training hub in Jalalabad has already trained 13 broadcast journalists from four provinces of eastern Afghanistan as of last week. The training hub, one…

9 March 2010 - It wasn’t just the Muslims of Jalalabad who celebrated the holy festival of Eid with pomp and jubilation in the last week of November 2009. In downtown Jalalabad, minority Hindu-Sikhs were also euphoric about…

8 March 2010 - On International Women’s Day in Bamyan, women and men gathered to pray for peace in Afghanistan and to discuss the role of women and their place in the country during the ongoing peace and reconciliation…

8 March 2010 - A tremendous improvement in women’s social, economic and political life has been noted in Paktya over the past ten years. This was learned by the South-East Region offices of the United Nations Assistance…

8 March 2010 - One belief that the Western world often held about Asia and the East was that it was a land of enormous luxury and wealth. One Western poet from the 19th century, James Elroy Flecker, summed up this view by…

8 March 2010 - On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Kunduz’s Female Traders Association, with financial support of German NGO, GTZ, held a three-day women’s handicraft exhibition. Handicrafts made by women from four…

8 March 2010 - To mark International Women's Day in Afghanistan, UNAMA presents a special online photo exhibition on women in the county. Click to view photo exhibition

8 March 2010 - On International Women’s Day, UNAMA brings you stories of women who have not just beaten the odds, but triumphed and are, now, making a difference for their gender across the country. Meet Mahgul Yamam, a 56…

8 March 2010 - International Women's Day message from UNIFEM Excecuitve Director: "Human security and humanitarian assistance, like human development, requires greater numbers of women at all decision-making tables." Full…

7 March 2010 - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has initiated a press briefing about the Law on Elimination of Violence against Women in Kunduz. Briefing the media on the contents of the law were…

7 March 2010 - Latest figures from the United Nations in Afghanistan show about 27,700 individuals have been displaced in Helmand in the last month. The UN Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports…

7 March 2010 - As a part of the Mission’s campaign to raise awareness about Afghanistan’s rich past, Kabul Musuem Director Omara Khan Massoudi spoke to UNAMA on his desire to see the musuem rise from the ashes. Afghanistan…