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28 July - The Governments of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) today agreed to endorse the extension of their tripartite agreement on voluntary repatriation until 2012. They also agreed to work together…

28 July 2009 - On 20 August Afghanistan will hold elections for President and provincial council members. This is the second time Afghans will go to the polls since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. And preparations are in…

KABUL - Rebel insurgents in Afghanistan have launched a rocket attack on a United Nations compound in the western province of Herat, causing damage to a vehicle and equipment, the UN mission to the war-wracked nation said in…

KABUL - A warehouse on the outskirts of Kabul was today the centre of attention as election workers packing ballot papers and boxes welcomed the UN’s top envoy in the country. Since the last A300 flight with 153,000…

KABUL - Village elders from the restive north eastern province of Nuristan have warned that the province will collapse unless urgent attention is paid to their concerns. They want an increase in infrastructure development…

27 July 2009 - The United Nations mission in Afghanistan today praised the country’s election authorities for staying on schedule with preparations for the upcoming national and regional elections. Some 17 million ballot…

27 July 2009 - The issue of Afghan refugees living in Pakistan will be discussed at a major meeting in Kabul. At its 17th meeting tomorrow the tripartite commission will discuss the renewal of the key agreement between…

KABUL - The groundbreaking ceremony for a new library in Kabul took place today – the result of a dedication to Afghanistan’s history by one woman. Since arriving in Afghanistan in the 1960s Nancy Hatch Dupree, 81, has…

23 July 2009 - Some 120 European observers are joining thousands of Afghan observers for the forthcoming presidential and provincial council elections in Afghanistan on 20 August. The aim is to accomplish “the most difficult…

24 July 2009 - “Hello and good evening. I want to welcome you to the first presidential debate.” The words of television journalist Mujahid Kakar as he opened Afghanistan’s first ever televised presidential debate last night…

KABUL - “Hello and good evening. I want to welcome you to the first presidential debate.” The words of television journalist Mujahid Kakar as he opened Afghanistan’s first ever televised presidential debate last night…