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KABUL - Young girls and boys from an Afghan circus school enthralled today a large audience – comprising mainly children from orphanages – with their skills in gymnastic, juggling and theatre performances amidst a colourful…

KABUL - Each day, Maryam Ahmadi bids her children farewell as they leave their home in Nawbahar, an Afghan city in the northern province of Balkh, to attend fourth grade at a nearby primary school where they are taught a…

KABUL - Afghan police women will be able to use their mobile phones to improve their literacy through a United Nations-backed programme which helps them overcome some of the challenges they face in balancing their work and…

KABUL - A United Nations report released today predicts an increase in opium cultivation in 12 of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces this year. A joint production of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime ( UNODC) and the Afghan Ministry…

KUNAR - Poppy crops grown over 50 hectares of land were destroyed during a newly launched anti-poppy campaign in the eastern Kunar province, officials said. The illicit plant has been sowed in Nurgal, Sawkai, Sarkani, Narang…

KABUL - The ongoing conflict in Afghanistan may have overshadowed its rich cultural heritage and history in recent years, but at a United Nations-backed event today, this heritage was highlighted in a ceremony in which the…

HELMAND - In a meeting with Helmand Provincial Council Members, the head of Returnees and Refugees Department, Ghulam Farooq Noorzai, said that around 209 families and other 71 families returned from Iran and Pakistan…

NANGARHAR - Tired of filing news reports on civilian casualties and other war reports, a local group of journalists and writers submitted a petition to the local government authorities as well as the United Nations in…

KABUL - At a conference linked to efforts on how to achieve a sustainable peace in Afghanistan this week, noted religious scholars from across the country called on warring sides to make "honest efforts" to put an end to the…

KANDAHAR - In an exclusive interview with Kandahar RTA, Kandahar Governor, Dr Toryali Wesa, said that the distribution of new electronic identity cards would help determine the actual population size of Kandahar and at the…

KABUL - The United Nations will provide a grant of US$58 million to Afghanistan for an initiative aimed at improving food security by enhancing the skills, services and income opportunities of rural women and men. The…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) expresses its serious concern over the deaths of at least 11 civilians, including 10 children and one woman, and injuries to seven others, in an armed clash…