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KABUL - Tactics of the Taliban and other Anti-Government Elements (AGEs) are behind a 31 per cent increase in conflict-related Afghan civilian casualties in the first six months of 2010 compared with the same period in 2009…

9 August 2010 - All United Nations staff in Afghanistan are “shocked and appalled” at the killing of ten medical workers in the northeast of the Asian nation, a senior world body official said today, calling for the…

KABUL - I would like to express my condolences to the families, friends and colleagues left behind after the tragic incident on 5 August.All staff working for the United Nations in Afghanistan were shocked and appalled at the…

9 August 2010 - I would like to express my condolences to the families, friends and colleagues left behind after the tragic incident on 5 August. All staff working for the United Nations in Afghanistan were shocked and…

7 August 2010 - Women in Afghanistan suffer “extremely high rates of domestic violence” which include forced marriages and physical attacks, Afghan and United Nations officials announced one week after a report by a top…

7 August 2010 - The construction of a hospital with 100 beds and the resources to provide health services to 100,000 people a month began this week south of Kabul following a ceremony attended by representatives from Paktya…

6 August 2010 - The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has launched an environmental awareness campaign in Afghanistan which will feature a range of outdoor nature-sharing activities for schools and local communities…

NEW YORK - The United Nations health agency said today that it has begun sending medical supplies to aid thousands of people affected by recent flooding across Afghanistan, where the major health concerns right now are water…

5 August 2010 - The World Health Organization has begun sending medical relief supplies to address health needs of victims of the flooding across provinces in central, eastern and northern Afghanistan. At the request of the…

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4 August 2010 - From a boy injecting heroin to children playing football near the ruins of Darulaman Palace in Kabul, a newly opened photo exhibit in the capital city's Babur Garden aims to show the challenges and joys of…

4 August 2010 - Exhibited in the Chahar Suq Sistern, a site restored by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) in the heart of Heart’s old city, the works - prints, watercolours, lithographs - reflect the impressions of…