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9 July 2010 - Dark scenes of blood dripping from giant poppy flowers and skulls and burning fields where beheaded farmers recline – these are just some of the paintings created by students of Behzad Art School that are now a…

8 July 2010 - Download UNAMA's review of the week in stories and photos. UNAMA NEWS UNAMA PHOTOS

KABUL - “Afghan priorities for the Afghan people,” will be the focus of the International Conference on Afghanistan – the Kabul Conference, the Afghan Minister of Finance, Dr Omar Zakhilwal has stated. Dr Omar Zakhilwal was…

8 July 2010 - “Afghan priorities for the Afghan people,” will be the focus of the International Conference on Afghanistan – the Kabul Conference, the Afghan Minister of Finance, Dr Omar Zakhilwal has stated. Download: Dari…

7 July 2010, Jalalabad - With violence increasingly gripping the region, journalists of Afghanistan’s east have voiced their serious concerns about their safety and their lack of access to information. In a six-point…

29 June 2010 - Afghan President Hamid Karzai signed a decree today to launch the Afghanistan Peace and Reintegration Programme. The programme intends to attract Taliban foot soldiers and low rank commanders from the…

BAMYAN - The first moveable radio station in Afghanistan was recently launched in Bamyan province, covering news in remote districts of the province. Mounted on a truck, Radio Paik-e-Bamyan travels around the province and…

1 July 2010 - Download UNAMA's review of the week in stories and photos. UNAMA NEWS UNAMA PHOTOS

30 June 2010 - “Dar-e-Zindan” or the “Valley of the Jail”, one the highest valleys in Afghanistan’s northern region At 2,700 metres above sea level the valley stretches throughout the province of Samangan, an isolated and…

KABUL - The United Nations Security Council will meet in New York today, 30 June, to discuss progress and challenges in Afghanistan. The meeting, a regular quarterly session on Afghanistan, follows a visit by the full…