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Afghan authorities tackle country's high illiteracy rate

KABUL - Despite some four million Afghans becoming literate since 2002, Afghanistan still has one of the highest illiteracy rates in the world with about nine million illiterate adults, according to the Afghan Ministry of Education.

08 Sep 2013

Minister Barmak opens 2.6-kilometre road in Kabul

KABUL - Today H.E. Wais Ahmad Barmak – Minister of the Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) – together with senior government officials and members of the community, inaugurated the construction of a 2.6 kilometre asphalt road in Kabul city.

04 Sep 2013

Afghanistan’s female judges discuss challenges in justice delivery

KABUL - More than 180 female judges from across Afghanistan discussed problems they face while going about their duties, at a four-day annual conference of an umbrella body of female judges which concluded in the capital, Kabul, today.

04 Sep 2013

UN-backed Afghan community police teach schoolchildren about safety measures

BAMYAN - Two schools in the Yakawlang district of Afghanistan’s central Bamyan province have spent the past two weeks serving as the pilot sites for a United-Nations backed community policing project – locally known as Police e-Mardumi – aimed at improving public safety.

02 Sep 2013

Efforts to Ramp Up Gender Responsive Budgeting in Six Ministries

KABUL - Six ministries of the Government of Afghanistan were the focus of a workshop on implementation of Gender-responsive Budgeting (GRB) that concluded, here today.

31 Aug 2013

Afghanistan becomes 179th member of international convention to control spread of plant diseases

KABUL - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has granted Afghanistan membership to International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), which seeks to secure coordinated and effective action to prevent and control the introduction and spread of pests of plants

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