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KABUL - Across Afghanistan a huge outreach programme is moving up a gear as hundreds of thousands of people start to hear about the forthcoming elections. The north east of the country, which includes the provinces of Kunduz…

KABUL - Until two years ago, Lona, a widow and mother of two, had no job, couldn’t send her daughter to school and had difficulties to make her ends meet. To add insult to injury, following her husband’s death, her in-laws…

KABUL - The public awareness campaign for the forthcoming elections is continuing in Jalalabad in Nangarhar province and in the surrounding districts. One man carrying out the huge awareness programme is Mohammad Gharanay, 54…

KABUL - A major cultural and demining operation is taking place to protect ancient archaeological sites in Afghanistan’s historical province of Bamyan. The UN’s cultural organisation (UNESCO) and the Mine Action Coordination…

KABUL - Nafissa, a 13-year-old Afghani girl, should ideally be spending her day playing with her friends, toys and dolls like most kids her age. Instead, she works at Torkham border, her back, now, bent from carrying the…

KABUL - Today marks the one hundred day countdown by the United Nations to the International Day of Peace on 21 September 2009. In Afghanistan, Peace Day has been widely celebrated for the last two years with a huge campaign…

11 June 2009 - The United Nations Children’s Fund in Afghanistan today committed itself to continue supporting efforts to stem the country’s continuing incidence of child labour. Early this year, the Government of Afghanistan…

KABUL - Presidential and provincial candidates for the forthcoming elections were today given their positions on the ballot paper. Candidates or their representatives picked out chits with a given number from a box, in a…

11 June 2009 - Presidential and provincial candidates for the forthcoming elections were today given their positions on the ballot paper. Candidates or their representatives picked out chits with a given number from a box, in…

10 June 2009 - The main issues covered in the print and broadcast media in Afghanistan today are: regional summit on Afghanistan, reconstruction, security and upcoming presidential and provincial councils elections. Radios…

KABUL - The United Nations and the Peace Dividend Trust today urged the international community to buy locally-produced products to boost Afghanistan’s growing private sector economy, at a conference to promote local Afghan…

KABUL - The top UN envoy in Afghanistan has urged the international community in the country to buy locally-produced products and promote Afghan goods and services. The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for…