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KABUL - Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan rose to record levels this year with a 36 per cent increase compared to last year, according to a new survey launched today by the United Nations drug and crime agency and the…

KABUL - Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan rose 36 per cent in 2013, a record high, according to the 2013 Afghan opium survey released today in Kabul by the Ministry of Counter Narcotics and the United Nations Office on…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) welcomes the completion of the third phase of the country’s voter registration top-up exercise, with an additional three million Afghans now registered to…

JALALABAD - The Independent Radio Safa organized a discussion programme on the upcoming Presidential and Provincial Council elections, slated for 5 April next year, in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Monday.The programme…

KABUL - Over 20 tons of illicit narcotics, precursor materials and alcohol – seized by Afghan authorities in raids in Kabul and its outskirts over the past ten months – were destroyed in a bonfire today, in the presence of…

KABUL - The Government of Afghanistan has issued an appeal to the international community for funds for the country’s mine action programme which has experienced a 25 per cent drop in its funding this year compared to last…

BAMYAN - A number of development projects implemented in the remote hinterlands of Afghanistan’s central Bamyan province – with support from the United Nations refugee agency and handed over to the local community recently –…

KABUL - Despite some progress in restraining cultivation, trafficking and use of illicit drugs in Afghanistan, it still remains a “critical challenge” for the country, which is the largest producer and cultivator of opium in…

GHAZNI - Demanding saffron cultivation training, farmers say they will grow the lucrative crop next year if a pilot project yields positive results in Ghazni province.A farmer in Khwaja Umari district, Gulabuddin, who used…

HERAT - in the upcoming presidential election.A religious scholar, Maulawi Abdul Hakim, said, “As men have rights to vote, women also have right to vote.” Some governmental officials also participated in the gathering titled…

KUNAR - Tens of thousands of voter registration cards for upcoming election have been distributed in eastern Kunar province.In the lead up to next year’s Presidential and Provincial Council elections, voter registration cards…

NEW YORK - Highlighting the environmental dimension of sustainable development, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed concern that natural resources continue to be exploited and degraded during armed…