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Afghanistan joins UN75 dialogue, the biggest-ever global conversation on world's future

KABUL - Kicking off the world’s biggest listening exercise in Afghanistan, a group of youth representatives met in Kabul this week and shared their hopes and fears as part of the global UN75 initiative to create a collective vision for world’s future.

23 Jan 2020

Samangan provincial authorities and media forge ties to improve access to information

AIBAK – In a bid to improve access to information, the provincial government and media in the northern province of Samangan have forged closer ties.

19 Jan 2020

Religious leaders efforts to foster peace reinforced

KANDAHAR – Efforts by religious and community leaders to foster peace and reconciliation in the country’s south and nationwide were reinforced by a series of UN-backed events through 2019 enabling hundreds of Ulema and tribal elders to discuss best approaches in trying circumsta

15 Jan 2020

Women as pioneers of peace – Participants at Herat event adopt declaration demanding role in Afghan peace efforts

HERAT – Under the header of ‘Women as pioneers for peace’, attendees at a meeting on the role of women in peace adopted a declaration calling for the substantive involvement and participation of women in bringing peace to Afghanistan.

13 Jan 2020

Promoting human rights the focus of UN-backed events across Afghanistan’s southeast

GARDEZ - To support efforts by Afghanistan to promote and protect human rights, civil society members, government officials, religious scholars, media professionals, women’s rights activists and other community leaders came together and made their voices heard in a series of even

02 Jan 2020

UN-backed local peace initiative continues to bear fruit in Nangarhar

JALALABAD - An agreement earlier this year to resolve a longstanding community dispute over Nangarhar water resources has continued to foster social cohesion among formerly warring tribes.

31 Dec 2019

Women’s education essential for future of Afghanistan, say Kandahar leaders

KANDAHAR - Community leaders at a UN-backed symposium at Kandahar University underscored the importance of investing in education for women’s meaningful participation at all levels of Afghanistan’s social, political and economic life.

29 Dec 2019

Human rights activists call for end to violence against women in Afghanistan

GHAZNI - In a UN-backed radio programme broadcast from Afghanistan’s south-eastern province of Ghazni, rights activists and other community leaders urged audiences to step up their efforts to eradicate violence against women.

24 Dec 2019

Protecting human rights in Afghanistan spotlighted at Kunduz University symposium

KUNDUZ - Participants at a UN-backed seminar at Kunduz University underscored the crucial importance of human rights for peace and stability, and highlighted the special role of young people as constructive agents of change in promoting and protecting rights.

19 Dec 2019

Election ‘completed with credibility’ will be milestone in Afghanistan’s history – UN envoy

NEW YORK - The UN’s top envoy in Afghanistan said that when the 2019 presidential election is completed with credibility, it will become a milestone in the history of establishing a representative political system in the country.

16 Dec 2019