KUNDUZ - A UN radio series on youth in politics is expected to reach an audience of 800,000 Afghans across four northeastern provinces in the coming weeks.

KABUL - Ahead of International Youth Day, celebrated globally on 12 August, hundreds of Afghan young people gathered in the provinces of Kandahar and Nangarhar to call on all parties to the conflict in Afghanistan to do more to promote peace.

DAIKUNDI - Religious leaders must play a role in promoting peace in Afghanistan, Islamic scholars and community elders urged at a UN-backed event in the central Afghan province of Daikundi.