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NANGARHAR - More Afghan women should be working as journalists, said panellists during a UNAMA-backed televised debate broadcast in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar this week. The debate, organized by UNAMA’s…

KABUL - The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Nicholas Haysom, discussed the need for electoral reform and other key issues in a 1 June meeting with Chief Executive Officer Dr. Abdullah Abdullah…

KABUL - The United Nations expressed its outrage at today’s murder of nine civilians working with the People in Need agency. "Once again, I am appalled to be speaking out following the killing of aid workers who are providing…

KABUL - Afghanistan must shield and develop its real human rights advances, said a senior UNAMA official in an interview issued Tuesday, pledging the UN’s commitment to remaining centre stage with Afghans to safeguard the…

PAKTIKA - Providing children with access to education in remote and conflict-affected areas, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) recently completed 52 new community-based schools in Afghanistan’s southeastern province…

BADGHIS - Participants at a UNAMA-backed seminar in Afghanistan’s western province of Badghis focused on the important role of the country’s religious leaders in the elimination of violence against women. Organized by UNAMA’s…

KABUL - Afghan girls have the right to education and to contribute to the development of their country, say community leaders, government officials, civil society activists and women role models in a new radio piece released…

KANDAHAR - A joint team led by UNAMA’s southern regional officials visited Qalat, the capital of Afghanistan’s Zabul province, to assess the humanitarian and security situation in the aftermath of recent military activity…

ISLAMABAD - Regional cooperation and security issues were discussed today at the 'Heart of Asia - Istanbul Process' meeting in Islamabad, attended by Nicholas Haysom, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for…

DAIKUNDI - Women role models in Afghanistan’s central highlands province of Daikundi encouraged hundreds of school girls at a UNAMA-backed event to continue their education so they can play a stronger role in the country’s…

JALALABAD - Civil society activists in Afghanistan’s eastern region of Nangarhar called on all parties to the conflict to respect national, Sharia and international humanitarian law in preventing civilian casualties in armed…

KABUL - To discuss the critical role of midwives in a country where one in every 50 women dies from pregnancy-related causes, the United Nations and its partners in Afghanistan today marked the International Day of the…