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KABUL - Addressing a seminar in the western Afghan city of Herat, a senior United Nations official stressed that a key principal for the international community’s approach on the country’s Presidential election in 2014 is…

KABUL - The second International Afghanistan Human Rights Film Festival officially opened in the capital, Kabul, yesterday, with the screening of ‘Wajma’ – a feature film which Afghanistan has submitted for competition in the…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) registered a 16 per cent rise in the number of Afghan civilians killed or wounded during the first eight months of this year compared to the same period…

KABUL - Over 200 Afghan journalists, who gathered in the capital, Kabul, this week for the first-ever national congress of one of the country’s leading journalists’ association, vowed to cover next year’s Presidential and…

KABUL - An international film festival kicks off in the Afghan cities of Kabul and Bamyan next week, with the aim of highlighting to audiences human rights issues and advocating against social inequality, injustice…

KABUL - More than 200 journalists from around Afghanistan gathered today in the capital, Kabul, to take part in the first-ever national congress of one of the country’s leading unions for media workers. Facilitated by the…

NEW YORK - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon highlighted the "critical importance of credible Afghan-led” elections in Afghanistan’s 2014 presidential poll during his meeting with the country’s Foreign Minister at…

KABUL - A gathering of religious scholars from 24 Islamic countries in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Tuesday, urged the country’s main armed opposition group, the Taliban, to stop killing innocent people in the name of jihad…

KABUL - Afghanistan’s first ever social media summit – known as ‘Paiwand’ – concluded in the capital, Kabul, on Monday, after two days of discussions on the importance of productive and positive use of social media for the…

KABUL - Afghanistan today kicked off its first ever social media summit – known as ‘Paiwand’ – in the capital, Kabul, with the aim of connecting the country’s social media community in person as well as exploring ways to grow…

KABUL - A series of United Nations-facilitated television debates were held across Afghanistan in recent days to mark the International Day of Peace, with of the events' speakers – which included government officials, civil…

GHAZNI - Residents and some public representatives from Ghazni province say those living in remote parts could not travel to district centres for obtaining voter registration cards due to insecurity on roads. A provincial…