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6 September 2009 - The United Nations refugee agency has started providing shelter to hundreds of Afghans who have recently returned from Iran to their homeland, more than two decades after they fled during the Soviet Union’s…

4 September 2009 – The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is sending a team to the north of the country where an overnight air strike by NATO forces against stolen trucks has reportedly led to dozens of…

3 September 2009 - Afghan Government authorities and international partners expressed their satisfaction at the drastic decrease in opium production in Afghanistan during a press conference held at the Government Information…

3 September 2009 - Afghanistan will top the United Nations Security Council agenda later this month when the fifteen member Council is expected to debate the Secretary-General’s quarterly report on the situation in…

Kunduz, 2 September 2009 - Chess players from the northern province of Kunduz put their playing skills to test in the cause of peace with a competition organised by the Kunduz Youth Information and Communication Centre (YICC)…

KABUL - Distribution of relief materials for thousands of people in Nangarhar province, who were rendered homeless by a flash flood caused by a pre-dawn rain and storms on Monday, continued today. The Afghan Red Crescent…

KABUL - In its 2009 Afghan Opium Survey (summary findings) released in Kabul today, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reports that “the bottom is starting to fall out of the Afghan opium market”. دری - پشتو…

Jalalabad, 1 September 2009 - United Nations agencies, civil society organisations, media and government bodies in Jalalabad vowed today to carry out various activities to promote peace in the restive eastern Afghanistan…

Kabul, 1 September 2009 - Afghan celebrities, civil society representatives, and UN staff today joined hands at simultaneous events in Kabul, Mazar, Kunduz and Jalalabad to launch the 2009 ‘What Are You Doing for Peace in…

1 September 2009 - Aid agencies and donors started to distribute immediate relief to those affected by flooding caused by pre-dawn rain and storms yesterday. Last night, following a quick assessment of the damage caused by…

31 August 2009 - The top United Nations envoy for Afghanistan, Kai Eide today urged the country’s future government to take the lead in managing Afghanistan’s development through a new and “massive institution-building…

Kabul, 31 August 2009 - The top United Nations envoy for Afghanistan, Kai Eide today urged the country’s future government to take the lead in managing Afghanistan’s development through a new and “massive institution-building…