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14 February 2011 - Greater efforts are needed to end grave violations against children in Afghanistan, including their use as child soldiers, sexual violence, killing and maiming, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in a new…

12 February 2011 - Afghan and United Nations officials are working to curb child labour in Afghanistan’s eastern provinces, where young breadwinners remain common despite regulations. Ten-year-old Ajmal (not his real name)…

9 February 2011 - All parties in Afghanistan should do more to protect children in armed conflict: Taliban insurgents must stop recruiting child soldiers or using them as suicide bombers, while the government must clamp down…

KABUL - The Government of Afghanistan today took a step towards mitigating climate change by starting work on its first ever country report documenting emissions and removals of greenhouse gases within the United Nations…

By Radhika Coomaraswamy, Under-Secretary-General and Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict 8 February 2011 - As we landed in Kabul, we were informed that Hamida Barmaki, her four children and husband had been…

8 February 2011 - Bamyan is Afghanistan's famous tourist site for archeological monuments and beautiful landscape, now the local authorities hope the introduction of winter sports can draw thousands of international tourists…

6 February 2011 - More than 300 children showed off their photos and drawings, performed plays with puppets, climbed a six meter high wall and zipped around on skateboards at an exhibition in Kabul to show how Afghan youth…

5 February 2011 - Dozens of media and government officials in the central province of Dai Kundi met this week to discuss how best to relay information about government policies and projects to local residents and across the…

4 February 2011 - The annual state tree planting programme is kicking off in the western province of Herat to expand green areas ahead of the Afghan New Year on March 21. “One million saplings and trees will be planted with…

3 February 2011 – A new agreement between Afghanistan and the United Nations holds out the hope of ending the recruitment of children by armed forces and curbing the sexual abuse of young boys by powerful commanders…

3 February 2011 – On his first official visit to UNAMA Kunduz, provincial governor Muhammad Anwar Jegdalek today told local and UN officials in the northern region that he plans to recruit a provincial advisor for legal…

3 February 2011 – Despite challenges, Afghans are increasingly confident about police in their area because of improved presence of officers, according to an independent survey launched today by the Ministry of Interior of…