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NEW YORK - There is an increasing sense that conditions for reconciliation in Afghanistan are becoming more favourable and that there may soon be a real opportunity for a political dialogue leading to a settlement, Secretary…

KHOST - As many as 1,500 development projects, benefiting more than 20,000 families, have been executed under the National Solidarity Programme (NSP) of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) in Khost…

KABUL - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Staffan de Mistura learned with profound sadness of the sudden and untimely death of Richard Holbrooke. Ambassador Holbrooke has been a friend of the United Nations…

14 December 2010 - The United Nations (UN) refugee agency, UNHCR, has built 200,000 houses across Afghanistan for returning refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) since 2002. This longstanding reintegration…

KHOST- Government officials in Khost urged ulemas in the province to explain and educate the public in women’s rights, through the teachings and principles of Islam. This call by the director of women’s affairs took place at…

12 December 2010 - On Saturday 11 December, on the outskirts of Kabul, Minister of Education, Farooq Wardak and Japan’s Ambassador to Afghanistan, Shigeyuki Hiroki, inaugurated the newly-constructed Mohamed Mussa Shafiq high…

Human rights are the foundation of freedom, peace, development and justice -- and the heart of the work of the United Nations around the world. Dari - Pashto version Laws to protect and promote human rights are indispensable…

8 December 2010 - The High Peace Council, at its first public conference in Kandahar, said that peace and reconciliation is the Afghan Government’s top agenda. The conference was attended by Chairman Professor Burhanuddin…

5 December 2010 - Senior Government officials from Herat have sought the unequivocal support of the people and civil society in the fight against corruption. Speaking at a two-day forum organized by Herat’s Provincial Council…

5 December 2010 - On International Volunteer Day, which is also the day when the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme was established 40 years ago on 5 December, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon noted the work of…

5 December 2010 - On International Volunteer Day, we recognize millions of people around the world who give their time and talent to tackle global challenges: from volunteers working in their own communities on climate change…

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