KABUL - The United Nations refugee agency has nearly completed its shelter programme for more than 50,000 of the most vulnerable Afghan returnees this year, bringing to some 1.2 million those who have benefited since the re-integration project started in 2002.

KABUL - The United Nations in Afghanistan today called for a “better” election in the 7 November run-off vote between the incumbent president and his runner-up in the 20 August presidential election.

KABUL - US$ 4 billion in assistance for Afghan-led projects nationwide has been earmarked over a period of four years from 2010 to 2013.