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UNICEF Afghanistan announces first National Goodwill Ambassador

UNICEF in Afghanistan is delighted to announce the country’s first National Goodwill Ambassador, famed cricketer Raees Ahmadzai. A former captain of the successful 2009 and 2010 Afghan National Cricket teams, Mr.

18 Sep 2011

UN Secretary-General's remarks at the Peace Bell Ceremony in New York

NEWYORK - Excellencies, Distinguished Messengers of Peace and Goodwill Ambassadors and dear young students for holding the flags of the United Nations, Ladies and Gentlemen, Good morning and welcome to you all, to this very meaningful ceremony observing the International Day o

17 Sep 2011

UN urges greater humanitarian access to vaccinate against polio

KABUL - Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), with the support of World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), is today intensifying efforts to wipe out polio from the country by the end of 2012.

17 Sep 2011

Laghman youth compete in football, volleyball ahead of Peace Day

LAGHMAN - To mark the upcoming International Peace Day, young women and men from eastern Laghman province today kicked goals and spiked balls in sports tournament organized by the Sub-Directorate of Youth with the assistance of United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UN

15 Sep 2011

Hundreds of Afghan youth run for peace at start of Peace Day events in Dai Kundi

DAI KUNDI - The Dai Kundi Peace Day Run and Celebration 2011 kicked off this morning in the capital city of Nili with nearly a hundred children – 20 of them girls – participating in the races.

15 Sep 2011

If there is peace in Afghanistan there will be peace in the region, says High Peace Council head

KANDAHAR - Peace is a national and public process that requires all people to work for it and not just the Government, Afghan High Peace Council Chairman and former Afghan president Burhanduddin Rabbani told hundreds of elders and government officials participating in a two-day r

14 Sep 2011

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