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KABU L - A just-opened exhibit is providing residents of Kabul with a glimpse into a time when Afghanistan belonged to a large empire made up of a wide range religions and nationalities. Opened on Sunday in the city’s Babur…

KABUL - An exceptional harvest and large-scale mining activities in 2012 helped Afghanistan achieve almost 12 per cent growth in its gross domestic product (GDP), an increase from a growth rate of just above seven per cent…

KABUL - A two-day United Nations-backed conference, which concluded in Kabul today, highlighted the need for placing agriculture at the core of Afghanistan's national strategy for economic growth and sustainable job creation…

KABUL - Afghanistan continues to be the largest grower of opium in the world, with the country accounting for an estimated 64 per cent of its global production, according to a report from the United Nations agency leading…

KABUL - A senior United Nations official with personal experience of South Africa’s own path to reconciliation last week told members of the body leading Afghanistan’s peace negotiations not to lose hope and keep moving…

KABUL - Qais Shaqasi fell in love at a family wedding some five years ago. The object of his affection was an “oddly shaped wooden contraption” being handled by a man at the wedding and which made appealing sounds. He later…

KABUL - Amid calls for more security for journalists, increased access to information and job security in Afghanistan, a leading Afghan media rights group today reported a sharp rise in violence against Afghan journalists in…

KABUL - In a series of television and radio round-table discussions, organized by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in coordination with local media partners on the occasion of the World Press…

KABUL - Ahead of the World Press Freedom Day that falls on 3 May, an Afghan journalists union honoured two journalists yesterday with this year’s Ajmal Naqshbandi Media Award, named after a journalist killed in 2007 by the…

KABUL - A senior Afghan counter-narcotics officials said on Tuesday that poppy eradication operation carried out earlier this year cost lives of 133 members of the security forces, which is twice as big as 2012. Afghanistan’s…

KABUL - The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) in Afghanistan today called for making the malaria endemic country free from it, while reiffirming its commitment to support the country in its fight against the…

KABUL - During a United Nations-backed global campaign to vaccinate children this week, Afghan Government officials are aiming to administer anti-measles and anti-polio vaccines along with additional doses of Vitamin A to…