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Wolesi Jirga Women’s Rights Committee Visits Bamyan

KABUL - An eight-member delegation from the Wolesi Jirga’s Women Committee has visited Bamyan to assess the situation of women during the security transition period, and find positive examples that it can show in other regions of the advancement of women’s rights.

10 May 2012

UN distributes aid to internally displaced families in Balkh

MAZAR - The United Nations has distributed humanitarian aid to 175 internally displaced families in the northern province of Balkh who were forced to leave their home due to ongoing drought and insecurity.

09 May 2012

Opium eradication programme trims production in Helmand, Kandahar

KANDAHAR - Shortage of opium in the markets of Helmand and Kandahar provinces has increased the demand and prices have gone up. The key reasons for shortage in the market are government’s eradication programme and weak poppy crops in the region during the current season.

08 May 2012

Movie Captures Transformed City

KABUL - A young couple from different backgrounds question the marriages their parents have arranged. A taxi driver who has been shuttling through Kabul since the time of the King reflects on changes in the capital and relies on his wits to survive.

08 May 2012

Biodiversity Conservation Program Launched

KABUL - Last year a group of conservationists set up a camera in a hard-to-reach valley of the Central Highlands region. Their camera was connected to sensors which could detect movement and would take photos when there was activity in the area.

08 May 2012

Stone Carving: Afghan Youth Embracing Cultural Heritage at the Site of the Buddhas

KABUL – Reviving a thousand year-old tradition, Afghan youth in the central highlands gathered this week in the caves at the site of the Buddhas of Bamyan to learn stone carving.

08 May 2012

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