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UN-backed survey shows increase in opium production in Afghanistan

NEWYORK - The cultivation in Afghanistan of opium poppies – the crop used to make heroin and other drugs – has increased by seven per cent this year because of continued insecurity and higher prices, a United Nations-backed survey reveals today.

16 Oct 2011

Security Council extends mandate of international force in Afghanistan

NEWYORK - The Security Council today extended the authorization of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan for another year, welcoming the agreement between the country and troop-contributing States to gradually transfer key security responsibilities to

15 Oct 2011

UNAMA report: Mistreatment of conflict-related detainees in Afghan facilities

KABUL - UNAMA today released a report that documents the torture and mistreatment of detainees in a number of detention facilities of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) and Afghan National Police (ANP) across the country.

13 Oct 2011

UNODC report: Opium production in Afghanistan shows increase, prices set to rise

KABUL - Opium poppy-crop cultivation in Afghanistan reached 131,000 hectares in 2011, 7 per cent higher than in 2010, due to insecurity and high prices, said the 2011 Afghan Opium Survey released today by the Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MCN) and the United Nations Office on Dr

13 Oct 2011

Bamyan is the first province in Afghanistan to undertake large scale survey

KABUL - The Socio-Demographic & Economic Survey (SDES) in Bamyan Province successfully completed its data collection phase.

13 Oct 2011

Kunar Provincial Council gets first public information centre

KUNAR - The Eastern Regional Office of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) donated electronic equipment and furniture to a newly established public information centre at the Kunar Provincial Council (PC).

12 Oct 2011

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