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KABUL - The second International Afghanistan Human Rights Film Festival officially opened in the capital, Kabul, yesterday, with the screening of ‘Wajma’ – a feature film which Afghanistan has submitted for competition in the…

KABUL - I wish to congratulate Afghanistan’s cricket team for securing a place in the 2015 World Cup – for the first time ever – following a victory against Kenya in a qualifying match today. As was the national soccer team’s…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) registered a 16 per cent rise in the number of Afghan civilians killed or wounded during the first eight months of this year compared to the same period…

KABUL - Over 200 Afghan journalists, who gathered in the capital, Kabul, this week for the first-ever national congress of one of the country’s leading journalists’ association, vowed to cover next year’s Presidential and…

KABUL - Noting that poverty is a “fertile ground for violence and crime” and the United Nations is setting a new development agenda with “poverty at its core,” the world body’s head today called on global citizens to be…

KABUL - An international film festival kicks off in the Afghan cities of Kabul and Bamyan next week, with the aim of highlighting to audiences human rights issues and advocating against social inequality, injustice…

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…