13 Nov 2013 - 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).
Calling the news “sobering”,...
13 Nov 2013 - 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...
28 Oct 2013 - KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemns yesterday’s attack in Andar district, in the south-eastern province of Ghazni, in which an improvised explosive device (IED) detonation killed 19 civilians travelling in a mini-bus.
Those killed...
25 Oct 2013 - KABUL - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Ján Kubiš, met with the Chairperson of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) of Afghanistan, Dr. Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani, on 24 October to discuss preparations for the 2014 elections, including...
15 Oct 2013 - KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) strongly condemns an attack on a mosque today which killed the Governor of Logar Province, Arsala Jamal, and reportedly wounded several civilians.
The Governor was killed this morning when an explosive...
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