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BAMYAN - Hundreds of Bamyan residents in the central Afghan province gathered last week to celebrate being included among UNESCO’s global creative cities network. The network, formed in 2004, now includes 116 cities worldwide…

JALALABAD - Protecting children from recruitment as police is the aim of a new Jalalabad child protection unit, which is part of a wider Government initiative. Located at the Police Recruitment Centre of Nangarhar’s Police…

KABUL - The number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan during 2015 are the highest recorded, the UN said today on the release of its 2015 Annual Report on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict. The annual report…

KABUL - More than 200 civil society activists, government officials, journalists, students and UN officials gathered to launch UNDP’s Human Development Report in Kabul and discuss how work, and especially the contributions of…

JALALABAD - Provincial authorities met with UN officials in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Laghman at a UNAMA-backed meeting to identify development projects for the year ahead. Abdul Jabar Naeemi, Laghman’s Governor…

KABUL - To prevent and respond to child recruitment and use in the National Security Forces, and to improve age-verification mechanisms, the Government of Afghanistan officially launched age assessment guidelines at a high…

KANDAHAR - Civil society organizations and provincial anti-graft officials met at a UNAMA-backed event to form a new Anti-Corruption Group to tackle corruption in Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar. Some three dozen…

HERAT - The international community is committed to supporting Herat throughout 2016, said UN officials and others gathered at the International Stakeholders’ Forum this week in Afghanistan’s western province. Khalil Osman…

LAGHMAN - Women in Laghman and Nangarhar provinces in eastern Afghanistan have come together at UNAMA-backed meetings to discuss ways they can participate more effectively in elections, the peace process and local governance…

KANDAHAR - Around 40 school children received an introduction to the principles of human rights during visits last week to UNAMA’s office in the southern province of Khandahar. Organized by UNAMA’s local Human Rights section…

KABUL - Afghan senior editors and media professionals are critically concerned about the future of freedom of expression in Afghanistan due to heightened intimidation and attacks directed at media workers. At a consultative…

KABUL - To meet the acute life-saving needs of the most vulnerable and marginalized Afghans during 2016, the humanitarian community is appealing for $393 million in funding, which will reach an estimated 3.5 million people…