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UNAMA condemns deadly roadside bombing in western Afghanistan

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) strongly condemns the killing by a roadside bomb of at least 18 civilians – including eight women, eight children and two men – in the Obeh district of the western province of Herat.

10 Jul 2013

Amid challenges, UN supports Afghan efforts to improve corrections facilities

KABUL - Extreme overcrowding, a lack of medical care and poor sanitation. These are just some of the challenges facing the Afghan corrections system, and which the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is helping the authorities to deal with.

08 Jul 2013

Statement by UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative, Ján Kubiš, on the occasion of Ramadan

KABUL - As Afghanistan prepares to mark the holy month of Ramadan, I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate its people and Government and wish them peace and happiness throughout the coming days.

08 Jul 2013

PAKTYA: Rise in honey production

PAKTYA - Beekeepers in Paktya province have been able to increase honey production and maintain its “high quality because of easy access to a variety of juicy flowers,” but they lack access to foreign markets and face “a lukewarm response” from authorities.

08 Jul 2013

Afghan project eases business licensing, reduces ‘opportunities for corruption’

KABUL - An Afghan Government project launched two years ago seeking to address the country’s “highly bureaucratic, time consuming and expensive business licensing regime” has reduced administrative burdens and opportunities for corruption, said a minister in the capital, Kabul, t

07 Jul 2013

Rising temperatures threaten Earth – UN report

KABUL - The first decade of the 21st century was the warmest in the world since modern measurements began around 1850, and 2010 was the hottest year ever recorded, with far-reaching implications for our environment, according to a United Nations report released on Wednesday.

04 Jul 2013

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