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17 June 2009 - The top United Nations envoy in Afghanistan, Kai Eide is today visiting the eastern province of Nangarhar.
He visited a village in Behsood district and heard about a vocational training programme for women.
16 June 2009 - More than one hundred and seventy complaints officers are moving out to the provinces for the forthcoming elections in Afghanistan.
KABUL - The curtains open to applause, giving way to 10 musicians performing, ostensibly, at a wedding. The men and women, all European one judges by their accents, sport salt-and-pepper wigs, glasses with black rims and, for some strange reason, large noses and moustaches.
15 June 2009 - A new United Nations-commissioned study has found that cross-border movements between Afghanistan and Pakistan are more to do with socio-cultural links and economic factors than by conflict.
16 June 2009 - The official campaign period for Afghanistan’s presidential and provincial council elections starts today.
Forty one presidential hopefuls and more than 3,000 candidates for provincial council seats are competing for the 20 August elections.
15 June 2009 - The top United Nations official in Afghanistan has stressed the need to ensure that the elections slated for August are credible and that their results are accepted by all, noting that the candidates can contribute to this by campaigning with “dignity and fairness.”