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15 April 2010 - On Monday, four civilians were reportedly killed and 18 others injured in the Zhari district of Kandahar province, when international military forces fired at a bus. The Special Representative of the United…

15 April 2010 - The Balkhi hall, in the centre of Herat is adorned for the occasion: Huge blocks of raw marble have been set outside the venue. Inside, statues, tiles, mantelpieces and fountains in the shape of birds, which…

KABUL - The top United Nations envoy in Afghanistan today voiced his concern over a “disturbing trend” of civilian casualties caused by recent international military operations in the country, urging greater efforts to…

14 April 2010 - On 11 April, a bus carrying a group of deminers on their way to go to work in Kandahar province’s Daman district was struck by a roadside bomb. Five of the deminers were killed, and 16 injured, according to…

13 April 2010 - A centre coordinating the detection and removal of landmines in Afghanistan on Monday condemned an attack on deminers in the country. UN Radio report The attack, which happened on a team working for the…

12 April 2010 - The Mine Action Coordination Centre of Afghanistan (MACCA) today condemned attacks on humanitarian deminers, following an attack on a team working for Afghan NGO DAFA in Kandahar on the 11 April which resulted…

12 April 2010 - Latest news and information from various United Nations agencies in Afghanistan. MACCA CONDEMNS ATTACKS ON DEMINERS The Mine Action Coordination Centre of Afghanistan (MACCA) today condemned attacks on…

KABUL - The Mine Action Coordination Centre of Afghanistan (MACCA) today condemned attacks on humanitarian deminers, following an attack on a team working for Afghan NGO DAFA in Kandahar on the 11 April which resulted in the…

11 April 2010 - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Afghanistan today launched in Kabul the UNDP Asia-Pacific Human Development Report identifying three key areas “where policy interventions will produce…

11 April 2010 - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Afghan Ministry of Women Affairs (MoWA) have signed the Annual Work Plan on Gender as they renewed their commitment to reduce gender-based violence and…

11 April 2010 - Mohamed Yacoub, 60 years old, collects a bag full of wheat and peas, a can containing cooking oil, a small portion of salt. His hands are thick from working the land; his face burnt spending days under the sun…

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