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BAMYAN - The development of action plans to strengthen the role of civil society in promoting good governance in Afghanistan was a key outcome of a UN-backed event in Bamyan last week. More than 80 people attended the event…

KABUL - President Ashraf Ghani outlined Afghanistan’s anti-corruption efforts at a meeting in Kabul today, drawing high-level representatives from the Afghan authorities, the international community and the United Nations…

KABUL - The United Nations regards the advances made in press freedom as one of the most significant achievements of the past decade, said Afghanistan’s top UN envoy this week, stressing that Afghan journalists must not be…

HERAT - To enhance government transparency and foster development in the province, Herat’s community leaders met with the Governor at a UNAMA-backed meeting last week. About 70 people, representing civil society, academic…

KUNDUZ - Promoting good governance was the focus of the first of a series of north-eastern provincial meetings designed to enhance the ability of civil society organizations to form more productive links with local government…

MEHTAR LAM - Empowering Afghan women to participate more in public life to help shape the futures of their communities and their country was the aim of a forum held in Laghman, an eastern mountainous province facing numerous…

KANDAHAR - Actors highlighted the serious issue of child recruitment during an open-air theatre performance in southern Kandahar province, raising awareness in the community about children’s rights. The UNAMA-supported…

ASADABAD - The essential role of media in supporting democracy and development was discussed at a UN-backed event in Kunar, an eastern mountainous province facing numerous security challenges in its mostly rural, remote…

FAIZABAD - It is critical that Afghan women participate in peace processes, security initiatives and political spheres, said government and community leaders at a televised forum broadcast in Badakhshan, a northeastern…

NEW YORK - The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack in Kabul on 19 April centered on a National Directorate of Security (NDS) office in the Puli Mahmud Khan area, for which the…

KABUL - The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns the Taliban attack today in Kabul that killed at least nine people, as well as injuring an estimated 300 others. Provisional information indicates that at…

KABUL - While progress has been made, more needs to be done to improve healthcare services in Afghanistan’s prisons, according to a new United Nations report, ‘Assessment of Afghanistan Prison Health Services,’ released today…