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21 September 2010 - About 100 Afghan school children, most of them girls, took part last week in a drawing competition in eastern Afghanistan to mark International Peace Day on 21 September. The competition was organized in…

NEW YORK - Today we observe the annual International Day of Peace — a day dedicated to ceasefire and non-violence. Dari - Pashto Peace is precious. It must be nurtured, maintained, defended. That is why, each year on the…

NEW YORK - United Nations Secretary-General's message on Peace Day: Today we observe the annual International Day of Peace — a day dedicated to ceasefire and non-violence. Dari - Pashto Peace is precious. It must be nurtured…

21 September 2010 - Download the latest SG Report on the situation in Afghanistan. English. Dari and Pashto to follow

18 September 2010 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon commended the courage and determination of the men and women of Afghanistan for voting in today's parliamentary elections. In a statement, Mr. Ban noted the high number of…

19 September 2010 - Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission (IEC), the body responsible for running Saturday’s countrywide parliamentary elections, said today that further counting now showed the number of votes…

18 September 2010 - The Afghan Independent Election Commission (IEC), which was responsible for conducting today’s parliamentary polls, said late on Saturday that counting of the votes had so far shown that 40 percent of…

18 September 2010 - Polling centres across Afghanistan for the parliamentary elections closed by 4:30 pm local time on Saturday, according to the Afghan Independent Election Commission (IEC), which was responsible for…

18 September 2010 - See the latest election day pictures taken by UNAMA photographers from across the country. ELECTION PHOTOS

17 September 2010 - The United Nations has stepped up its technical and logistical support to Afghan electoral authorities as voters prepare to cast their ballots in Saturday’s parliamentary polls, the world body said today…

18 September 2010 - Afghans began going to the polls this morning at 7 am local time for the start of a day of voting in countrywide parliamentary elections. Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission (IEC) is responsible…

16 September 2010 - Staffan de Mistura, the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Afghanistan, today visited the southern city of Kandahar with Abdullah Ahmadzai, Chief Electoral Officer of…