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UN agency signs plan of action with Japan for regional cooperation on terrorism, drugs

TOKYO - The United Nations agency leading global efforts to fight against illicit drugs and international crime signed a new joint plan of action with Japan earlier this week for regional cooperation in Africa and Asia, including in Afghanistan.

05 Jun 2013

67 countries sign new arms treaty which seeks to end ‘free for all’ nature of weapons trade

NEW YORK - Sixty-seven countries signed a United Nations treaty that aims to regulate the trade of conventional weapons across international borders, on the day it opened for signature at the world body’s headquarters in New York on Monday.

04 Jun 2013

UNAMA strongly condemns deadly attacks in eastern Afghanistan

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) strongly condemns the two deadly attacks which took place in the country’s east today, killing at least 19 people, including a dozen children – demonstrating once again that anti-government elements knowingly ta

03 Jun 2013

At UN workshop, regional reporters reflect on challenges in covering the news

PUL-E-KHUMRI - Abdul Sadat, a radio reporter working in the northern Afghan province of Baghlan, has been threatened by various groups three times in the last six years for working as a journalist seeking information.

02 Jun 2013

UN calls on Afghan authorities to ensure full implementation of EVAW law

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and UN Women have urged Afghan authorities to step up their efforts to ensure the full implementation of the law on the Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW), in line with their internati

02 Jun 2013

Afghan women break new ground through sport

On a hot sunny afternoon in May in Kabul, over a hundred schoolgirls, ranging between 13 and 16 years of age and wearing sports clothes and headscarves emblazoned with the flag of Afghanistan, ran as fast as they could.

02 Jun 2013

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