News

KABUL - Taliban insurgents and other armed groups as well as criminal gangs in Afghanistan have been deliberately targeting demining NGOs, particularly in the volatile southern provinces, says the Afghanistan NGO Safety…

18 January 2011 - New roads built in northern Afghanistan are benefiting almost 700,000 people by increasing access to basic services, providing jobs and promoting peace and stability. The Road Access Improvement Project in…

BAMYAN - The challenges and opportunities for young leaders in Afghanistan was among the main discussion topics at a political outreach workshop attended this week by 40 civil society representatives in the central region of…

13 January 2011 - A co-ed high school focused on management and the economy officially opened this week in the capital of the southern province Helmand. “Education is the best tool to achieve sustainable peace and development…

NANGARHAR - An Afghan non-governmental organization has provided multimedia training to nearly 50 staff of state-owned media and provincial government, as part of an effort to strengthen journalism in the country and support…

KABUL - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a donation of $196.6 million from Japan, the largest-ever single contribution to the agency, which will use it to provide essential food and nutritional…

HERAT - A three-day photo exhibit depicting women’s role in politics, society and sport opened Thursday in the western province of Herat. “The exhibition depicts the ways of women’s lives in Afghanistan, which is peerless,”…

KABUL - The first pictorial guide to the flora of Afghanistan co-authored in English and Dari by a Kabul born scientist has been made available for free to thousands of Afghan students as the United Nations wrapped up its…

4 January 2011 - The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) opened its office in the capital Kabul on 2 January. The OIC is the second largest worldwide inter-governmental organization after the United Nations, with 57…

HERAT - Abdul Karim (not his real name) is a nine-year-old Afghan child. He waits under the street traffic light in downtown Herat for the cars to come and cleans their windscreens in the hope of gleaning some money. Abdul is…

KANDAHAR - Daman district, Kandahar - Saffron has been introduced in this southern district in recent months in a pilot project aimed at exploring economic options for farmers as alternatives to poppy crops. The world’s most…

BAMYAN - Today the UNAMA human rights team held a public meeting in the capital of the Central Highlands Region to share the results of its December 2010 report on violence against women, titled Harmful Traditional Practices…