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Nangarhar communities move forward in fighting corruption

JALALABAD - Following a series of UN-backed events earlier this year, several communities in eastern Afghanistan are leading initiatives to address corruption in one of the country’s most restive eastern provinces.

04 Sep 2017

Youth’s role in building peace spotlighted in televised UN-backed debate

KANDAHAR - The advocacy role of young Afghans in working with government to fight corruption, promote women’s equality and bring about sustainable peace in the southern region was the focus of a UN-backed television programme in the province of Kandahar this week.

30 Aug 2017

Religious leaders gather in Afghanistan’s north to strategize on peace

MAZAR-E-SHARIF - Religious leaders from provinces across Afghanistan’s northern region gathered in the capital city of Balkh to strategize on institutionalizing the principles of peace at all levels of society, from the social to the political.

29 Aug 2017

Media freedom, access to information debated at UN-backed event in Kandahar

KANDAHAR - Participants at a UN-backed forum underscored the importance of media freedom and access to information as essential tools that can help foster peace and uphold human rights in Afghanistan’s southern region.

28 Aug 2017

Peace activist mobilizes rural women in western Afghanistan

HERAT - Following the lively debate at a UN-backed women’s peace conference in April, a Herat activist has carried forward her vision for women’s involvement in conflict resolution and recently organized her own symposium for some 60 women in a remote district of the western prov

25 Aug 2017

UN envoy Yamamoto meets Pakistan Foreign Secretary during Islamabad visit

ISLAMABAD - The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Tadamichi Yamamoto, met today in Islamabad with Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua as part of a two-day visit to the Pakistan capital.

25 Aug 2017

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