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KABUL - Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ( UNODC), Yury Fedotov, has met President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan ahead of the International Conference on Afghanistan taking place in Bonn…

KABUL - The 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence is an international campaign that runs from 25 November, International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women, through 10 December, International Human Rights Day…

KABUL - The 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence is an international campaign that runs from 25 November, International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women, through 10 December, International Human Rights Day…

KABUL - The 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence is an international campaign that runs from 25 November, International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women, through 10 December, International Human Rights Day…

KABUL - The 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence is an international campaign that runs from 25 November, International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women, through 10 December, International Human Rights Day…

25 November 2011 - Representatives of the United Nations (UN) peace missions in West Africa will hold their twenty-second high-level consultation in Dakar in order to facilitate the coordination of the action of the UN…

KABUL - This week’s feature examines day-to-day problems faced by families who return to Afghanistan after years spent living in refugee camps outside the country. Through interviews with Afghan residents, as well as United…

KABUL - There is a long way to go before the rights of Afghan women are fully protected, says a United Nations report released today, noting that the Government has not yet succeeded in applying a two-year-old landmark law to…

GARDEZ - Based on a request from the Paktya University Chancellor, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) office in the Southeast Region donated electronic equipment and furniture valued at US$ 15,000 for female students at a local…

NEW YORK - Innovative agricultural approaches will be crucial to respond to increasing competition for water and energy resources, said the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), calling for more integrated…