BAMYAN - Local Journalists and media in Bamyan have been trained to report on the polling and counting processes for the 20 August elections.

KABUL - Rebel insurgents in Afghanistan have launched a rocket attack on a United Nations compound in the western province of Herat, causing damage to a vehicle and equipment, the UN mission to the war-wracked nation said in a statement today.

KABUL - Village elders from the restive north eastern province of Nuristan have warned that the province will collapse unless urgent attention is paid to their concerns.