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KABUL - A survey on Drug Use in Afghanistan, issued today by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, shows that around one million Afghans (age 15-64)…

21 June 2010 - A survey on Drug Use in Afghanistan, issued today by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, shows that around one million Afghans (age 15…

20 June 2010 - The number of refugees voluntarily returning home to Afghanistan in 2010 reached the 70,000 mark this week. With two and a half months of the peak repatriation period still to run, this year’s overall figure…

17 June 2010 - The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) in the northeast region recorded a total of 58 complaints during the first quarter of the Afghan year, and urged journalists to be vigilant in…

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16 June 2010 - In Takht-i-Safar park, where the former governor of Herat province Ismail Khan built a monument to mark his fight against the communist regime, the Afghan Government and the United Nations Development Programme…

NEW YORK - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is raising concern over the growing number of Afghan children making a difficult and dangerous overland journey to Europe seeking better opportunities. UNHCR says…

14 June 2010 - Latest news and information from UN agencies operating in Afghanistan. The United Nations Secretary-General: Message for 100-day countdown to International Day of Peace 13 June 2010 One hundred days from today…

13 June 2010 - One hundred days from today, the world will mark the International Day of Peace – a day on which armed conflict is meant to be stilled… a day on which we appeal to combatants to observe a ceasefire… a day on…