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20 January 2010 - As a major technical partner for health development in Afghanistan, the World Health Organization will continue to work with Afghan ministries and groups to improve health care in the country this year. WHO…

20 January 2010 - UN agencies in the south of Afghanistan are stepping up efforts to help the needy during the winter. In Kandahar the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says that in southern Afghanistan 4,000…

20 January 2010 - The Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) meets today ahead of the London Conference on Afghanistan at the end of the month. This is the 13th meeting of the 28-member forum where Afghanistan’s…

KABUL - Poverty and violence are usually portrayed as the biggest challenges confronting Afghanistan. Full Report - Press Release But ask the Afghans themselves, and you get a different answer: corruption is their biggest…

19 January 2010 - IRIN today launches Veil of Tears, a 60-page colour booklet collecting personal stories from ordinary Afghans on suffering and loss in pregnancy and childbirth. Few families have not been touched by tragic…

19 January 2010 - UNESCO has been working closely with the Afghan Government and people since 2003. As a technical agency of the United Nations, UNESCO works to promote peace and development and is championing the…

KABUL - Children continue to suffer from the armed conflict in Afghanistan with at least 345 killed last year according to the latest report released by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). The 2009…

19 January 2010 - Afghanistan is receiving US$ 11 million from a US$ 100 million allocated by the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to boost the humanitarian response in “14 ongoing but underfunded…

KABUL - The top United Nations envoy to Afghanistan today strongly condemned this morning’s coordinated deadly attacks, for which the Taliban have claimed responsibility, in the capital, Kabul, decrying the militants’…

KABUL - Enhancing transparency and efficiency of customs facilitation dramatically increases Afghan trade volumes and revenue collection. UNOPS press release: English - Dari - Pashto Every day, trucks coming from Pakistan…

KABUL - Enhancing transparency and efficiency of customs facilitation dramatically increases Afghan trade volumes and revenue collection. UNOPS PR English - Dari - Pashto Every day, trucks coming from Pakistan through the…

18 January 2010 - The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said today it expects to build 10,000 houses for returning Afghan refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in 2010. According to UNHCR, the construction of…