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.

KANDAHAR - Greater protection of women from violence and legal action against perpetrators of violence should be among the key benefits of Afghanistan’s Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW) law, according to panelists at a UN-backed event in Kandahar.

KABUL - Identifying Afghanistan’s security challenges as a “regional phenomenon,” the top UN envoy in the country called for the region to extend to Afghans the support they need to confront what he called “significant challenges.”