KABUL - The United Nations human rights office has urged the Government of Afghanistan to halt the death sentences in a case against a group of men charged with armed robbery, kidnapping and gang-rape in Paghman, a district of Kabul.

KABUL - Prompted by legitimate concerns of serious fraud, significant in scope and sophistication, the United Nations was jointly requested by the two Presidential candidates, and also separately by the authorities of Afghanistan, to provide international supervision of the au

KABUL - With the results of its presidential election due to be announced within days but with no political agreement on a government of political unity in place, the top United Nations official in Afghanistan today briefed the world body’s Security Council on the country’s progr