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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…

NEW YORK - The United Nations Security Council on Sunday strongly condemned the series of terrorist attacks that have taken place in the Afghan capital, Kabul, since last Thursday and resulted in hundreds of casualties and at…

DAIKUNDI - Religious leaders must play a role in promoting peace in Afghanistan, Islamic scholars and community elders urged at a UN-backed event in the central Afghan province of Daikundi. More than 50 religious and…

KABUL - Empowering young Afghans remains crucial for the country’s development, according to a United Nations report released in Kabul today. “Investing in Youth,” a new United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) report, focuses…

KANDAHAR - Greater protection of women from violence and legal action against perpetrators of violence should be among the key benefits of Afghanistan’s Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW) law, according to panelists…

BAMYAN - Improving Afghan women’s access to justice was the focus of discussions among rights experts at a UNAMA-organized meeting in Bamyan province. Representatives of the provincial court and prosecutor’s office, defense…

KABUL - Identifying Afghanistan’s security challenges as a “regional phenomenon,” the top UN envoy in the country called for the region to extend to Afghans the support they need to confront what he called “significant…

KABUL - Eliminating fraud and building trust in Afghan elections are the objectives of a newly established electoral reform body, said one of its members at a Kabul press conference today. The Special Electoral Reform…

KABUL - The importance of enhancing women’s political role in Afghanistan, particularly in peace talks, was highlighted in a new UN radio programme broadcast today. In the latest segment of UNAMA’s “Afghanistan Emrooz,”…

HERAT - The government should establish a special court to deal with cases of violence against women, especially cases of domestic violence, civil society representatives and women’s rights activists recommended at the…

KABUL - Calling for the views of Afghans and the principles of human rights to be central to any peace negotiations, civil society leaders have outlined their concerns and objectives in Kabul. At today’s event, the activists…

NANGARHAR - Improving the ability of women victims of violence to seek formal recourse to justice was the focus of a UN-backed TV debate in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar. In the televised discussion, which will…