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Improving Afghan justice institutions the focus of UN-backed forum

KANDAHAR – Enhancing the delivery of justice through strengthened coordination among judicial institutions and law enforcement agencies was the focus of the latest UNAMA-backed forum, which brought together officials in southern Uruzgan province.

23 Feb 2016

Importance of women’s leadership role in Afghan society emphasized by UN envoy

KABUL - The integral role of Afghan women in the country’s social, political and economic spheres was emphasized by a top UN envoy during a meeting with future leaders in Kabul today.

21 Feb 2016

Kunduz residents discuss community peacebuilding at UN-backed meeting

KUNDUZ - Community leaders and government officials gathered to discuss best approaches to address the key challenges facing Kunduz residents following last year’s conflict in and around the city.

18 Feb 2016

Afghan Government’s efforts to protect children hailed by top UN official

KABUL - Recognizing the progress made by the Afghan Government to prevent the recruitment and use of children in the National Security Forces, a top UN official renewed the world body’s pledge to support Afghanistan to further protect children in the country.

16 Feb 2016

Bamyan residents celebrate international ‘creative city’ recognition

BAMYAN - Hundreds of Bamyan residents in the central Afghan province gathered last week to celebrate being included among UNESCO’s global creative cities network.

16 Feb 2016

National child protection programme rolled out in Nangarhar police recruitment centre

JALALABAD - Protecting children from recruitment as police is the aim of a new Jalalabad child protection unit, which is part of a wider Government initiative.

15 Feb 2016

Contributions of Afghan women recognized at Human Development Report launch

KABUL - More than 200 civil society activists, government officials, journalists, students and UN officials gathered to launch UNDP’s Human Development Report in Kabul and discuss how work, and especially the contributions of women, are linked to human development.

11 Feb 2016

Laghman officials roll out development plans at UNAMA-backed meeting

JALALABAD - Provincial authorities met with UN officials in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Laghman at a UNAMA-backed meeting to identify development projects for the year ahead.

10 Feb 2016

Guidelines launched to prevent recruitment and use of children in armed forces

KABUL - To prevent and respond to child recruitment and use in the National Security Forces, and to improve age-verification mechanisms, the Government of Afghanistan officially launched age assessment guidelines at a high-level meeting in Kabul.

09 Feb 2016

Anti-corruption group formed in Kandahar

KANDAHAR - Civil society organizations and provincial anti-graft officials met at a UNAMA-backed event to form a new Anti-Corruption Group to tackle corruption in Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar.

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