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KABUL - A United Nations report released today said that female teachers are “urgently needed” to boost the education of girls in Afghanistan, which has the highest level of gender disparity in the world.
KABUL - The top United Nations official in Afghanistan, Ján Kubiš, said today that the international community, including the world body, remains “resolute in its long-term support for Afghanistan” while being clear about the need for progress on mutual commitments made under
KABUL - A United Nations-backed high-level anti-corruption body said today that it found “significant vulnerabilities to corruption” in the work of three of Afghanistan's government ministries and its Civil Service Commission, while also highlighting “questionable practices” t
KABUL - In its effort to deter more farmers from cultivating opium poppy crops, the Government of Afghanistan plans to expand its award scheme for provinces that effectively implement poppy-eradication programmes.
KABUL - The Government of Afghanistan and a United Nations agency responsible for promoting international cooperation in education launched a national strategy on technical and vocational education and training earlier this week in their bid to increase the country’s skilled w
KABUL - In the wake of the terrorist attack in the Afghan capital of Kabul last Friday, which, amongst others, left four United Nations personnel dead, the head of a UN staff body has called on Member States to sign a UN convention designed to help ensure the safety of its per
KABUL - The head of the United Nations drug and crime agency has called on Afghanistan to address the “growing problem of domestic drug consumption” in the country, which is the largest producer and cultivator of opium in the world.
KABUL - The United Nations is mourning the death of four of its staff killed on Friday in a terrorist attack on a restaurant in the Afghan capital of Kabul.
KABUL - Afghanistan’s Electoral Media Commission (EMC), which is charged with monitoring the media reporting on and fair broadcasting of the electoral campaigns ahead of this year’s Presidential and Provincial Council elections, said today that it has made certain amendments t
KABUL - Afghanistan’s Ministry of Finance signed a $50 million grant agreement with the World Bank (WB) on Saturday for a project that provides technical and financial support to thousands of the country’s poorest households to help lift them out of extreme poverty by 2018.