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KABUL - With the support of the World Bank, the Afghan Government today launched a new programme to develop a national culture of innovation in the area of information technology, offering the possibility of cash prizes for…

NANGARHAR - The Provincial Peace Committee (PPC) in Nangarhar Province has started several projects at the total cost of US$250,000 to promote peace and reconciliation in the Province. The projects are being implemented in…

KABUL - In the midst of ongoing violence, more than 100 Afghan artists and activists today gave away 10,000 pink balloons to residents of the country’s capital, Kabul, in what may have been the largest public art installation…

KABUL - Watched by Afghanistan’s first female Olympian, more than 150 girls from high schools in the capital, Kabul, competed today in a track and field event held to select female athletes for the country’s female Athletics…

KABUL - From mountain glaciers to rural wetlands, Afghanistan is rich in biodiversity but these sources of water are coming under pressure and need to be protected, according to the United Nations Environmental Programme…

KABUL - There are currently at least 600 women and girls imprisoned in Afghanistan for “moral crimes,” an increase of 50 per cent over the past 18 months, according to an international non-governmental organization (NGO)…

MAZAR-E-SHARIF - Plans to turn the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif into a regional transportation hub have taken a jump forward with the opening of a new airport terminal. While the airport has yet to be officially…

KABUL - As cultural institutions around the world opened their doors this week for International Museum Day, the expansion of Afghanistan's own National Museum came a step closer to completion. Renovations to the old building…

KABUL - The Director-General of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Irina Bokova, used her visit to Afghanistan to raise awareness about the education of girls and to highlight the…

DAI KUNDI - In a series of United Nations-facilitated round-table discussions held across Afghanistan over the past week to mark the International Day of Families (15 May), officials, local elders and rights activists…

KABUL - Afghan civil society groups have called upon the Wolesi Jirga (the Lower House of Parliament) to protect the rights of women and children in Afghanistan by supporting the Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW)…

KABUL - Afghan women entrepreneurs had the opportunity to learn firsthand from their South Asian counterparts on methods of economic empowerment through a range of business ventures linked to activities such as farming and…