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MAZAR-E SHARIF - The importance of Afghan women’s access to formal justice systems, and their presence as employees working in those systems, were topics debated at a recent UN-backed symposium held in Afghanistan’s northern…

KANDAHAR - In the southern region of Afghanistan, the UN is working on a new initiative to leverage the power of local radio to build support for peace among Kandahar’s communities. The new radio series, supported by the…

BAMYAN - Raising awareness about women’s rights and gender-based violence is the aim of a new UN-backed social media campaign in the country’s central highlands provinces of Bamyan and Daikundi. Some 30 social media…

ASADABAD - To strengthen government services, accountability and transparency must be improved, said panellists at a UN-backed debate in the mostly rural and mountainous province of Kunar. The lively two-hour discussion by…

PARWAN - To eliminate corruption from Afghanistan, young Afghans must play an active role, students from Parwan University said in a UN-backed radio programme that aired in the central province this week. The radio programme…

KUNDUZ - In the northeast region of Afghanistan, the UN is working on an initiative to leverage the power of local radio and television to build support among communities for reducing conflict, fighting corruption and…

KABUL - Addressing residents of the Surobi district of Kabul province in a UN-backed radio discussion, government officials, women’s rights activists and a broad range of other community leaders emphasized the critical…

JALALABAD - In a recent UN-backed radio programme in Nuristan, civil society representatives debated with government officials the most effective ways to improve services for the residents of the eastern region. The radio…

KABUL - The number of civilians killed and injured in the Afghanistan conflict during the first six months of 2017 persisted at the same record high levels as last year, according to a mid-year report from the United Nations…

MEHTARLAM - In Afghanistan’s eastern region elders are central to resolving local conflicts. Participating in a radio roundtable, Laghman Provincial Council members, tribal elders and civil society representatives, discussed…

HERAT - The role of young people in Afghanistan’s peace process was a subject of a discussion at a recent UN-backed radio roundtable organized by the regional office of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and…

MAHMOOD RAQI - The Kapisa provincial government, civil society and private sector have launched a joint social media campaign in a bid to make public information more accessible to the people. “Social media will facilitate…