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KABUL - Despite “significant progress” made over the past decade in boosting Afghanistan’s economy, much more needs to be done to sustain high and inclusive economic growth as the country goes through political and security…

KABUL - Relief aid has been distributed to four-fifths of the people affected by this year’s flash floods that killed hundreds of people across Afghanistan, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of…

KABUL - An Afghan anti-corruption group has identified weakness in the process of asset registration of high ranking officials as a key impediment in the country’s fight against corruption and detection of illicit enrichment…

KABUL - Ahead of next month’s second round run-off in the country’s Presidential elections, the Afghan body responsible for organizing the poll today asked civil society groups and media organizations for their cooperation in…

KABUL - The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has highlighted mental health services and gender-sensitive relief, among its key concerns, as relief efforts continuing in aid of victims of a deadly landslide that…

KABUL - A senior United Nations official in Afghanistan has called for making next month’s Presidential run-off elections as transparent as possible, to candidates as well as to the public, so that the outcome will reflect…

KABUL - Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission (IEC) today announced the final results of the country’s 5 April Presidential poll, declaring a second round run-off between the two leading candidates after none of those…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today launched a booklet on the obligations of all parties to the country’s armed conflict to respect and promote the rights of children under international…

KABUL - The head of Afghanistan’s Electoral Media Commission – part of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) – today called on the country’s media institutions to submit their financial reports on elections-related…

KABUL - As part of a United Nations-supported nationwide campaign, around 8.9 million children under five years of age have been administered anti-polio vaccine drops around Afghanistan.The campaign, implemented by the…

KABUL - Following a visit today to the location of a deadly landslide which killed hundreds in north-eastern Afghanistan late last week, two senior United Nations humanitarian officials highlighted the longer-term needs of…

KABUL - Over the past days and in coming days, the United Nations is observing World Press Freedom Day around the globe – including in Afghanistan – with the aim of celebrating the fundamental principles of press freedom…