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KABUL - Afghanistan registered significant progress in defending rights of journalists and promoting freedom of the press in 2012, an achievement hailed by both journalists and the Government of Afghanistan.
KANDAHAR - Afghan military officials said “a major military centre” is going to be established in the southern Uruzgan Province.
Officials said the base would include a training centre for military personnel and accommodation.
KANDAHAR - The Governor of southern Kandahar Province called on the elders and the Ulema (religious scholars) yesterday to extend their cooperation to eliminate the polio virus “from their homes and villages”.
KABUL - Following weeks of bickering about the process of decision-making over the technical and legal aspects of the Presidential elections, attempts are underway to speed up the process.
KUNDUZ - Kunduz Provincial officials and UNAMA highlighted the importance of resolving cases of violence against women through judicial organs rather than local informal mechanisms, in the northeastern Afghan province yesterday.
BAMYAN - The UNAMA trained community-based court monitors in Yakawlang district of Afghanistan’s Bamyan province on basic procedural rules and fair trial rights last week.