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SOCIAL MEDIA WEEK: Afghanistan’s urban youth embrace social media

KABUL - Social media is becoming an intrinsic part of urban life in Afghanistan and Afghan youth are increasingly using social websites and weblogs on the internet for wider communications and debates on all kinds of social and political issues.

25 Jul 2012

UN polio campaign aims to vaccinate 8 million children

About 27,000 health workers, volunteers and community mobilizers fanned out across 16 provinces of Afghanistan over the past two weeks in a drive to eradicate measles and polio from the country under a UN-supported Government campaign.

25 Jul 2012

UNAMA reminds insurgents of their duty to protect civilians

KABUL - Last week, 214 Afghan civilians were killed or wounded in 48 separate incidents in Afghanistan. Anti-government elements were responsible for 98 per cent of these civilian casualties.

25 Jul 2012

Donors conference in Tokyo pledges US$ 16 billion for Afghanistan's development

KABUL - As Afghanistan’s donors pledged US$ 16 billion for the country’s economic and development needs at an international conference in Tokyo today, the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon also assured Afghanistan that the world body would do its utmost to help the A

24 Jul 2012

INTERVIEW: Michael Keating, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan

KABUL - Michael Keating, the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Afghanistan, said the international support to the Afghan security forces post-2014 should be matched by “generous level of funding” in economic and development activities.

24 Jul 2012

Afghan youth throw their weight behind efforts to seek sustainable peace

KABUL - A day after a three-day national gathering of Afghan youth concluded in the capital Kabul, the youth leaders today marched to the Presidential Palace to submit their recommendations – that sought acceleration of peace efforts, total corruption control and administrative r

24 Jul 2012

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