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KABUL - United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) organized a five-day training for senior staff at the Ministry of Interior on prevention and response to cases of violence against women in Afghanistan. The objective of the…

KABUL - With the aim of promoting creativity in Afghanistan and provide an opportunity for entertainment, the Afghan and international musicians and artists enthralled their audiences in the second Sound Central Festival in…

KABUL - Representatives of media watchdog groups in Afghanistan have expressed deep concerns over a decision of the Council of Ministers which asked the Ministry of Information and Culture to ensure that media don’t violate…

GHAZNI - Minister for Information and Culture, Dr Makhdoom Raheen, said last week that the designation of Ghazni City as the Centre of Islamic Culture and Civilization will be announced amidst a ceremony in the first week of…

NEWYORK - World leaders, donors and experts today hailed a “once-in-a-generation” opportunity to eradicate polio, as they gathered at the United Nations to celebrate efforts that have already reduced the incidence of the…

BAMYAN - Members of the civil society of Dai Kundi and Bamyan provinces engaged in a lively radio round-table discussion recently on the salient points of the law on the Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW), plus the…

26 September 2012 - A UNAMA photographer is back in Kabul after showing, through his images, the everyday life of the Afghan people. The images were put on display from 14 to 22 September at a gallery in Melbourne. Click here…

NEWYORK - In his speech to the United Nations General Assembly’s high-level debate in New York yesterday, the President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, highlighted his nation as a testament to the “benefits of multi-lateral…

NEW YORK - As the high-level debate at the United Nations General Assembly began today in New York, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was “profoundly concerned about continued violence” in Afghanistan and the Democratic…

On at least two occasions since the AFL launched Operation Restore Hope in southeastern Liberia late last June, caches of arms have been discovered in Garleo Forest in the border district of Konobo during joint searches by…