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Middle East, Afghanistan on agenda as Ban heads to Italy

25 June 2009 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon departs later today for Trieste, Italy, for a series of meetings with international partners focusing on the Middle East and Afghanistan, his spokesperson said today.

26 Jun 2009

United Nations Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General arrives in Afghanistan

KABUL - Mr Robert Watkins, the new United Nations Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan arrived in Kabul today.

25 Jun 2009

What do Afghans expect from their next President?

KABUL - Listen to our new daily radio podcasts in Dari, Pashto and English from United Nations Radio in Afghanistan. Our podcasts feature a variety of news and views from UN agencies in Afghanistan and other stories from across the country.

25 Jun 2009

Afghan officials vow to eradicate drug trade, terrorism

KABUL - Afghan officials today vowed to eradicate the country’s drug trade and drug-funded terrorism as they thanked the international community, including the United Nations, for helping out in the country’s counter-narcotics campaign.

25 Jun 2009

Global Decrease in Opium Cultivation due to a Decrease in Afghanistan

KABUL - The World Drug Report 2009, launched yesterday by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Washington DC, shows that global markets for cocaine, opiates and cannabis are steady or in decline, while production and use of synthetic drugs appears to be increas

25 Jun 2009

Attack on Afghan aid workers prompts UN call for better security

24 June 2009 - The acting United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Afghanistan, Tekeste Tekie, today called for better security for aid workers, after three national staff of a local non-governmental organization (NGO) were killed when the vehicle they were travelling in was destroyed by a road

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