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KABUL - Despite some progress in restraining cultivation, trafficking and use of illicit drugs in Afghanistan, it still remains a “critical challenge” for the country, which is the largest producer and cultivator of opium in…

GHAZNI - Demanding saffron cultivation training, farmers say they will grow the lucrative crop next year if a pilot project yields positive results in Ghazni province.A farmer in Khwaja Umari district, Gulabuddin, who used…

HERAT - in the upcoming presidential election.A religious scholar, Maulawi Abdul Hakim, said, “As men have rights to vote, women also have right to vote.” Some governmental officials also participated in the gathering titled…

KUNAR - Tens of thousands of voter registration cards for upcoming election have been distributed in eastern Kunar province.In the lead up to next year’s Presidential and Provincial Council elections, voter registration cards…

NEW YORK - Highlighting the environmental dimension of sustainable development, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed concern that natural resources continue to be exploited and degraded during armed…

BADAKHSHAN - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Tuesday said the voter registration campaign had been slow, but successful, in north-eastern Badakhshan province, where 130,000 people, with 40 per cent of them being…

KABUL - A United Nations-backed high-level anti-corruption body today urged the Afghan institution organizing next year’s Presidential elections, as well as Afghan authorities, to develop regulations and proper monitoring…

KABUL - Afghanistan has become more business-friendly through reforms efforts launched in 2012-2013, according to a new joint report from the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC).“Afghanistan made…

PAKTYA - A number of school students in Gardez have expressed their concerns that if their teachers continue with their, they might not be able to succeed in the upcoming entry tests.Nearly, 500 of schoolteachers have been on…

KABUL - Hundreds of residents rallied against administrative corruption and blocked the main Samkani-Janikhel road for several hours.The protestors carried banners inscribed with anti-graft slogans and called for an end to…

BALKH - The United Nations envoy to Afghanistan today inaugurated the premises of the world body’s office in Mazar-e-Sharif, the regional capital of the country’s north, highlighting how its presence there was a reflection of…

KABUL - Preparations are underway to roll out a socio-demographic and economic survey in Kabul Province, with the aim of collecting reliable data which can help guide the development policies and programmes of the Afghan…