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FARAH - Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, visited Farah province today to meet with the family members of the victims of the Taliban group attack on 3 April in the province that killed over 50 people and wounded nearly 100…

PAKTYA - In a one day workshop in Khost province attended by community elders, clerics, civil society members, political party agents, reporters and head of the sectorial working groups, participants pointed out post-2014…

GHAZNI - Local officials promised last year to construct Band-i-Sultan dam in Jaghatu district of Ghazni province but the construction is yet to start, according to residents of Ghazni. Hundreds of them visited the irrigation…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) strongly condemns an attack against a Government compound in the south-western province of Farah on 3 April that resulted in the deaths of at least 41…

BAMYAN - Over US$ 121 million will be spent on development projects in Bamyan province, according to officials. The budget will be spent on major projects in agriculture, education, roads and electricity. Mohammad Ali Najafi…

KANDAHAR - The head of Kandahar Refugees and Returnees Department, Mohammad Azim Nawabi, said that his office planned to construct a housing scheme for returnees based in Kandahar. “We are going to construct a housing scheme…

KABUL - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for more progress in efforts to eliminate the threat of mines and explosive remnants of war around the world – including in Afghanistan – in his message for the…

KABUL - Afghanistan’s state television channel is broadcasting the second season of a series of documentaries featuring an in-depth look at the work of the United Nations, as well as overall international efforts, to rebuild…

DAI KUNDI - Over 50 youth from different parts of Dai Kundi province participated at a conference to discuss their role in promoting good governance in the province. The conference was organized by a local organization called…

BALKH - A total of 1,770 cases of tuberculosis have been registered in the last one year in northern Balkh province, the Chief of Provincial Public Health Department, Dr. Mirwais Rabbi, said on Saturday. Unemployment, stress…

KABUL - The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) today said it was “deeply concerned” by recent media reports on the growing number ‘honour killings’ in Afghanistan, and called for…

BAMYAN - Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) provincial office in Bamyan said it registered a sharp increase in the number of cases of violence against women in the central highlands province in 2012…