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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.
KABUL - Actor Jeremy Renner, who shot to fame playing a bomb disposal expert in the Academy Award-winning film The Hurt Locker, took a five-day visit to Afghanistan in late 2010 to highlight the efforts of the United Nations to remove landmines.
KABUL - A week-long exhibit on living with landmines and the many faces of Mine Action by photographer Marco Grob today opens at Bagh-e-Babur Garden in Kabul to mark the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action.