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KABUL - United Nations envoy Nicholas Haysom and Afghan Finance Minister Eklil Hakimi held a press conference with several ministers and key government officials to present the outcomes of the recent Senior Officials Meeting…

KABUL - Delegates from key donor states and organizations met in Kabul today at a high-level meeting to review Afghanistan’s reform vision and progress towards realizing self-reliance. Nicholas Haysom, the head of the United…

KANDAHAR - Fears about possible repercussions and a lack of awareness about their rights contributes to the relatively low reporting of violence against women in Kandahar province, according to legal experts and women’s…

MAZAR-E-SHARIF - A UNAMA-supported debate in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif tackled some of the key electoral issues facing Afghanistan today. A panel of experts shared their perspectives on the theme 'Election and…

GHAZNI - Members of Ghazni’s provincial council and civil society organizations are strengthening their partnership in order to improve provincial-level governance. Around 50 people came together at a UNAMA-supported one-day…

MAIMANA - A top UN official has met with provincial officials in Faryab to assess the humanitarian situation of the conflict-affected population. The UN Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan, Mark…

BAGHLAN, TAKHAR - Women and religious scholars will benefit from increased participation in UNAMA-supported Provincial Advocacy Committees as part of the Afghan People’s Dialogue (APD) taking place in the north-eastern…

MAZAR-E-SHARIF - Birth registration numbers have grown in Afghanistan’s northern region, with the support of a UN project designed to help prevent child labour, counter child marriage and otherwise protect the rights of…

HERAT - To help improve local governance, civil society representatives came together at a UN-backed conference in Herat to detail plans to become more involved in provincial development projects and administrative affairs…

KUNDUZ - A UN radio series on youth in politics is expected to reach an audience of 800,000 Afghans across four northeastern provinces in the coming weeks. The first episode in the four-part series, designed to encourage…

KABUL - This week, Afghanistan joined three other countries in adopting a UN policy tool aimed at strengthening public confidence in justice institutions. The Afghanistan Rule of Law Indicators Study (ROLIS) report, outlined…

KABUL - Ahead of International Youth Day, celebrated globally on 12 August, hundreds of Afghan young people gathered in the provinces of Kandahar and Nangarhar to call on all parties to the conflict in Afghanistan to do more…