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KABUL - On World No Tobacco Day (31 May), the World Health Organization celebrates the successes of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in the fight against the epidemic of tobacco use.
KABUL - The ninth Annual International Day of UN Peacekeepers is being commemorated today under the theme of 'Law. Order. Peace', focusing on efforts to strengthen rule of law. “In Afghanistan, peacekeeping day means prevention, facilitation, mitigation.
JALALABAD - Like many Afghan returnees, when Sayd Arif returned to Afghanistan in 2005 his main concern was where to live.
KABUL - From just one radio station in 2001 to hundreds of news outlets now operating in Afghanistan, the growth of the media sector is one of the country’s greatest success stories and a huge step towards enabling the population of nearly 30 million to access information.
KABUL - An ambitious effort to plant one million trees is underway in Afghanistan which for the first year is counting its trees as part of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) Billion Tree Campaign.
18 April 2011 (UNODC) - A slight decrease in poppy cultivation can be expected in Afghanistan in 2011, despite the current high price of opium, shows the Opium Winter Rapid Assessment Survey (ORAS) released by UNODC today.