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KABUL - A senior United Nations official in Afghanistan today called on the country’s youth to help address the challenges facing the South Asian nation.
KABUL - Afghan women displayed handcrafts and other goods at a United Nations-backed exhibition that drew several hundred people in the country’s capital city of Kabul.
KABUL - More than 100 Afghans attended a two-day conference in Mazar-e Sharif, the capital city of Afghanistan’s northern province of Balkh, to discuss ways to improve law enforcement and justice mechanisms at local and regional levels.
KABUL - Afghans marked the International Day of the Girl Child with speeches and cultural performances at an event that drew hundreds of participants in the country’s capital city of Kabul.
KABUL - A group of Afghan civil society organizations presented today an open letter to Afghanistan’s president, Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, highlighting a 10-point roadmap for peace and urging the president to take action on several key issues.
KABUL - The most senior United Nations human rights official has asked Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani to stay the executions of five men sentenced to death following charges of armed robbery and adultery in the Paghman district of Kabul.
KABUL - In the wake of its Presidential elections and as it faces a number of challenges, ranging from political to economic, a senior United Nations official today reaffirmed the world body’s commitment to helping Afghanistan on its path to peace and stability.
KABUL - Afghan women and girls have made significant progress over the past decade in the political and social spheres, however insecurity, harmful traditional practices and a lack of economic opportunities are still affecting their progress.
KABUL - The United Nations human rights office has urged the Government of Afghanistan to halt the death sentences in a case against a group of men charged with armed robbery, kidnapping and gang-rape in Paghman, a district of Kabul.
KABUL - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Nicholas Haysom as his Special Representative and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).