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KANDAHAR - Fears about possible repercussions and a lack of awareness about their rights contributes to the relatively low reporting of violence against women in Kandahar province, according to legal experts and women’s…

MAZAR-E-SHARIF - A UNAMA-supported debate in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif tackled some of the key electoral issues facing Afghanistan today. A panel of experts shared their perspectives on the theme 'Election and…

GHAZNI - Members of Ghazni’s provincial council and civil society organizations are strengthening their partnership in order to improve provincial-level governance. Around 50 people came together at a UNAMA-supported one-day…

MAIMANA - A top UN official has met with provincial officials in Faryab to assess the humanitarian situation of the conflict-affected population. The UN Secretary-General’s Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan, Mark…

KABUL - UNAMA condemns in the strongest terms yesterday’s suicide attack in the Macorayan area of Kabul city that killed 12 and injured at least 88 others, including 13 children and 21 women. The attack was carried out on a…

BAGHLAN, TAKHAR - Women and religious scholars will benefit from increased participation in UNAMA-supported Provincial Advocacy Committees as part of the Afghan People’s Dialogue (APD) taking place in the north-eastern…

MAZAR-E-SHARIF - Birth registration numbers have grown in Afghanistan’s northern region, with the support of a UN project designed to help prevent child labour, counter child marriage and otherwise protect the rights of…

HERAT - To help improve local governance, civil society representatives came together at a UN-backed conference in Herat to detail plans to become more involved in provincial development projects and administrative affairs…

KUNDUZ - A UN radio series on youth in politics is expected to reach an audience of 800,000 Afghans across four northeastern provinces in the coming weeks. The first episode in the four-part series, designed to encourage…

KABUL - This week, Afghanistan joined three other countries in adopting a UN policy tool aimed at strengthening public confidence in justice institutions. The Afghanistan Rule of Law Indicators Study (ROLIS) report, outlined…

KABUL - Ahead of International Youth Day, celebrated globally on 12 August, hundreds of Afghan young people gathered in the provinces of Kandahar and Nangarhar to call on all parties to the conflict in Afghanistan to do more…

NEW YORK - The United Nations Security Council on Sunday strongly condemned the series of terrorist attacks that have taken place in the Afghan capital, Kabul, since last Thursday and resulted in hundreds of casualties and at…