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KABUL - More than 200 journalists from around Afghanistan gathered today in the capital, Kabul, to take part in the first-ever national congress of one of the country’s leading unions for media workers. Facilitated by the…

NEW YORK - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon highlighted the "critical importance of credible Afghan-led” elections in Afghanistan’s 2014 presidential poll during his meeting with the country’s Foreign Minister at…

KABUL - A gathering of religious scholars from 24 Islamic countries in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Tuesday, urged the country’s main armed opposition group, the Taliban, to stop killing innocent people in the name of jihad…

KABUL- In a remote, rugged province in eastern Afghanistan, the raging waters from the surrounding mountains have often flooded the 8,000 homes that line the local river’s path. The river regularly ravaged the only means of…

KABUL - Afghanistan’s first ever social media summit – known as ‘Paiwand’ – concluded in the capital, Kabul, on Monday, after two days of discussions on the importance of productive and positive use of social media for the…

KUNDUZ - Kunduz economic growth is reported to have increased by thirty per cent during the past year. An increase in the number of manufacturing firms in Kunduz has provided a significant boost in employment for the people…

KABUL - Afghanistan today kicked off its first ever social media summit – known as ‘Paiwand’ – in the capital, Kabul, with the aim of connecting the country’s social media community in person as well as exploring ways to grow…

KABUL - A series of United Nations-facilitated television debates were held across Afghanistan in recent days to mark the International Day of Peace, with of the events' speakers – which included government officials, civil…

GHAZNI - Residents and some public representatives from Ghazni province say those living in remote parts could not travel to district centres for obtaining voter registration cards due to insecurity on roads. A provincial…

KABUL - The UN refugee agency, in close collaboration with the Governments of Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan, expects to agree on a joint resource mobilization strategy for the Afghan refugee situation – the world’s largest…

NANGARHAR - Participants of a one-day conference on “Women’s Problems and Ways of Solution” in Nangarhar province earlier this week highlighted the need for increased and active participation of women in the upcoming…

KABUL - A United Nations-supported toll-free telephone hotline which provides “correct information” to the Afghan public on next year’s Presidential and Provincial Council elections has received some 155,000 calls since it…