NEWYORK - The cultivation in Afghanistan of opium poppies – the crop used to make heroin and other drugs – has increased by seven per cent this year because of continued insecurity and higher prices, a United Nations-backed survey reveals today.

KUNAR - The Eastern Regional Office of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) donated electronic equipment and furniture to a newly established public information centre at the Kunar Provincial Council (PC).

KABUL - UNAMA today released a report that documents the torture and mistreatment of detainees in a number of detention facilities of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) and Afghan National Police (ANP) across the country.