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KABUL - There are just seven days left until the International Day of Peace: “to be observed as a day of global ceasefire and non-violence, an invitation to all nations and people to honour a cessation of hostilities for the…

KABUL - As Peace Day 21 September approaches UNAMA is featuring articles from UN agencies on the work the UN is doing for peace in Afghanistan. 4: World Health Organization War has a profound negative impact on human health…

13 September 2009 - Download the latest issue of UNAMA's quarterly magazine Afghan Update. This month's issue looks at health in Afghanistan in English, Dari and Pashto. Click here to download

12 September 2009 - The latest weekly programme produced in Dari and Pashto by UNAMA Radio is now online to listen to. The show - "Afghanistan Today" - is broadcast every Saturday morning on Radio Afghanistan.

KABUL - 1.2 million children in southern, south-eastern, western and eastern Afghanistan will be targeted by a new three-day polio eradication drive starting today. The immunization campaign comes shortly after Afghanistan’s…

13 September 2009 - The people of Afghanistan are once again being urged to take the world lead for this year’s International Day of Peace on 21 September. Speaking to UNAMA in London Jeremy Gilley, Founder of the…

KABUL - As Peace Day 21 September approaches UNAMA is featuring articles from UN agencies on the work the UN is doing for peace in Afghanistan. 3: UNODC The drug trade, corruption and unregulated borders are challenges to…

KABUL - As Peace Day 21 September approaches UNAMA is featuring articles from UN agencies on the work the UN is doing for peace in Afghanistan. 2: UNESCO Two and a half decades of conflict in Afghanistan have killed thousands…

KABUL - As Peace Day 21 September approaches UNAMA is featuring articles from UN agencies on the work the UN is doing for peace in Afghanistan. 1: The Food and Agriculture Organization. As long as people go hungry without any…

10 September 2009 - With just eleven days to go until the International Day of Peace the different regions across Afghanistan are gearing up for the final days of events and activities. In the north of the country the…

8 September 2009 - The top United Nations envoy to Afghanistan today called on national election authorities to ensure the integrity of last month’s presidential and provincial council elections, in light of concerns that…

9 September 2009 - The death of an Afghan journalist who was killed during a rescue operation to free him and New York Times journalist Stephen Farrell from Taliban captivity highlights the dangers faced by media…