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1 March 2010 - The Government of Afghanistan has initiated a programme tapping Mullahs and religious elders in making people aware of women’s rights in accordance with Islamic laws, the Afghan institutional law and…

28 February 2010 - A new radio station named Charagh (meaning: the lamp) has been established in Kunduz. It is the fifth free and private radio station to be established in Kunduz, which covers 70 km of Kunduz and its nearby…

28 February 2010 - Afghanistan’s National Environment Protection Agency (NEPA) announced today that it would strengthen its Protected Species List by adding an additional 15 species, including the elusive large-billed reed…

27 February 2010 - The United Nations is currently studying a legislative decree that would give Afghan President Hamid Karzai the power to appoint all five members of the country’s Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC)…

NEW YORK - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations mission in Afghanistan have strongly condemned Friday's attacks in Kabul which caused the death and injury of many Afghan and foreign residents and for which the…

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KABUL - The protection of children must be at the center of the reconciliation agenda of the Government of Afghanistan, as endorsed by the international community, said the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for…

KABUL - Today, Kabul’s Babur Gardens was host to 240 children learning how to avoid the dangers posed by landmines and other explosive remnants of war at an event organized by the Mine Action Coordination Centre of…

24 February 2010 - The outgoing United Nations envoy to Afghanistan has warned that – on its own – the massive United States-led military push in Taliban strongholds in southern Helmand province will not bring peace and…

23 February 2010 - Former mujahideen commanders continue to lay down their arms in the hope to get more development in their area. Seven former commanders handed over their weapons to the provincial authorities in Bamyan…

23 February 2010 - The largest military offensive since 2002 is now underway in the Helmand province in Afghanistan. At the same time, a consensus is emerging that the conflict in this country can ultimately not be solved by…

KABUL - A top United Nations official in Afghanistan has repeated the world body’s call for all parties to the conflict to avoid civilian casualties, after an international military operation on Sunday reportedly killed at…