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KABUL - The Government of Sweden will provide a grant of close to $10 million for a United Nations-backed programme aimed at improving literacy rates in Afghanistan.“Literacy is a fundamental pillar for building a modern…

KABUL - Afghan authorities registered more reports of violence against women under the Law on the Elimination of Violence against Women (EVAW law) over the past year, but prosecutions and convictions under the law remained…

KABUL - Afghan authorities registered more reports of violence against women under the law on the Elimination of Violence against Women (EVAW law) over the past year, but prosecutions and convictions under the law remained…

NEW YORK - The United Nations Security Council has strongly condemned recent attacks on development and humanitarian aid workers in Afghanistan, which resulted in the deaths of nine people and left another injured.“The…

KABUL - While challenges remain, Afghanistan is making progress in its political and security transitions, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Ján Kubiš, told a North Atlantic Treaty…

BAMYAN - Government departments in Afghanistan’s central Bamyan province highlighted their achievements and challenges faced while delivering services to the people, during a four-day United Nations-supported conference that…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today donated 12 vehicles to the country’s Independent Election Commission (IEC) and Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC).“At their request…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today donated 12 vehicles to Afghanistan’s electoral bodies – the Independent Election Commission (IEC) and Independent Electoral Complaints Commission…

HERAT - Some 40 persons with disabilities were provided an opportunity to express themselves through their paintings at a United Nations-supported festival, in Afghanistan’s western Herat province, marking the International…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) welcomes the appointment of the Media Commission as another key step towards the holding of credible Presidential and Provincial Council elections in April…

BADAKHSHAN - United Nations-supported local agricultural projects that encourage women to engage in collective farming are changing the lives of hundreds of women in the north-eastern Afghan province of Badakhshan, according…

KABUL - Since starting work at Kabul University’s Faculty of Fine Arts, Dr. Abdul Sharif Azizyar has made an impact. He teaches post-graduate classes at the Faculty, trains future teaches and has helped develop the Faculty’s…