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KABUL - As a United Nations team of experts wraps up its first visit to Afghanistan to map out future UN assistance for the 2014 Presidential elections today, the Afghan election body has said preparations for the polls are…

KABUL - A public event to raise awareness about elimination of violence against women was organized quite differently in southeastern Paktya Province last week, with needy women receiving assistance from the UN Refugee Agency…

NEWYORK - Afghan journalists visited the United Nations Headquarters last week as part of the International Visitor Leadership Programme, a cultural exchange. A visit timed with the historic vote on Palestine and just days…

KABUL - A senior United Nations official today called on the international community to step up its humanitarian support for Afghanistan to sustain the progress made so far in the country where thousands have suffered through…

KANDAHAR - With the start of the 16 days global campaign for elimination of violence against women on 25 November, there have been a number of activities and campaigns being organized across Afghanistan. With Afghanistan…

NEWYORK - The United Nations General Assembly adopted a “consensus resolution” in New York yesterday reaffirming the continued long-term support of the international community for Afghanistan’s peace, reconciliation and…

PAKTYA - To commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, tribal elders, civil society members and provincial officials promised yesterday to join hands for eliminating violence against…

KABUL - United Nations in Afghanistan marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women today by screening a UNAMA-produced video documentary amidst a ceremony in the capital, Kabul, and by organizing…

NANGAHAR – The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has started distribution of winter assistance to returnee families in four provinces in Afghanistan’s east: Nangarhar, Kunar, Laghman and Nuristan. A total of 4,000 “eligible” returnee…

KABUL - Ashura rituals were held across Afghanistan yesterday and passed peacefully, according to local media reports. Hundreds of people turned out to donate blood in hospitals in Kandahar and Faryab provinces to mark the…

KABUL - Fatima was 14 when she was married to a man who had already divorced twice. After the marriage, she was physically and mentally tortured for the next 16 years by her husband and in-laws until she divorced. At the time…

BALKH - The Government of Denmark pledged US$ 100 million (5.2 billion Afs) in aid to Afghanistan over the next five years, a minister of Denmark who is visiting Afghanistan said in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern…