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KABUL - Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan rose 36 per cent in 2013, a record high, according to the 2013 Afghan opium survey released today in Kabul by the Ministry of Counter Narcotics and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) welcomes the completion of the third phase of the country’s voter registration top-up exercise, with an additional three million Afghans now registered to take part in next year’s Presidential and Provincial Cou
JALALABAD - The Independent Radio Safa organized a discussion programme on the upcoming Presidential and Provincial Council elections, slated for 5 April next year, in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Monday.
KABUL - Over 20 tons of illicit narcotics, precursor materials and alcohol – seized by Afghan authorities in raids in Kabul and its outskirts over the past ten months – were destroyed in a bonfire today, in the presence of senior government officials, representatives of the inter
KABUL - The Government of Afghanistan has issued an appeal to the international community for funds for the country’s mine action programme which has experienced a 25 per cent drop in its funding this year compared to last year, according to the United Nations-supported Mine Acti
BAMYAN - A number of development projects implemented in the remote hinterlands of Afghanistan’s central Bamyan province – with support from the United Nations refugee agency and handed over to the local community recently – have directly benefitted some 2,400 people, most of