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Nuristan officials call on donors to step up more assistance to the isolated province

JALALABAD - Government officials from Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nuristan appealed to the international community yesterday to increase their assistance to the secluded province, where very few aid organizations have their operation.

29 Jan 2013

Humanitarian community in Afghanistan seeks US$ 471 million to meet growing challenges in 2013

KABUL - The Government of Afghanistan and the humanitarian community in the country launched an appeal on 26 January to the international community to provide US$ 471 million to meet the growing humanitarian challenges in 2013.

27 Jan 2013

1,200 poor families in Afghanistan’s Central Highlands receive UN winter assistance

KABUL - A total of 1,200 poor returnee families in Afghanistan’s Central Highlands Region have received non-food items and “cold packages” from United Nations agencies to keep them warm this winter.

21 Jan 2013

UNAMA-supported television series premiered in Kabul

KABUL - A 15-part television series, Kocha-e-Ma (Our Street), that tells the story of real life in Afghanistan in an imaginary area of old Kabul, was premiered in Kabul yesterday.

21 Jan 2013

Afghan journalists form umbrella body to ensure press freedom and defend their rights

KABUL - A meeting of nine Afghan journalist associations and media rights groups announced today in Kabul the formation of an umbrella media body to ensure freedom of expression as enshrined in the Constitution of Afghanistan and defend rights of journalists in the country.

20 Jan 2013

Story of Afghan family forced by poverty and neglect to live in a cave wins UNAMA radio prize

BAMYAN - A radio report on the difficulties of living in the caves in Bamyan that used to house towering Buddha statues won a national radio competition hosted by the Strategic Communications and Spokesperson’s Unit (SCSU) of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (

17 Jan 2013

UNAMA coordinates Herat donor meeting

HERAT - International donors met with local officials to coordinate projects belonging to the Provincial Development Plan (PDP).

17 Jan 2013

KANDAHAR: Officials pledge to expedite peace process

KANDAHAR - The head of secretariat of the High Peace Council and Advisor Minister, Mohammad Stanikzai, along with a high-ranking delegation visited Kandahar province where they met with the Kandahar Governor and other officials to discuss progress in the peace process.

15 Jan 2013

NANGARHAR: United Nations holds journalism training in Jalalabad

JALALABD - Journalists from Jalalabad in eastern Afghanistan said that they have gained benefits out of three-day journalism training held by Strategic Communication and Spokespersons Unit of UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). It concluded on 9 January 2013.

10 Jan 2013

Violence against women on the rise in Afghanistan: Deputy Minister

KABUL - Violence against women in Afghanistan continues to rise despite government efforts to implement the law on elimination of violence and the establishment of a High Commission for the Prevention of Violence against Women, the Deputy Minister for Women’s Affairs said on Mond

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