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KABUL - The United Nations called on President Karzai to abolish the controversial family law applying to the country’s minority Shi’a community. “I want to take this opportunity again, the laws which were taken in…

KABUL - The United Nations celebrated International Women’s Day on 8 March in Afghanistan. Speaking at a function to mark the occasion, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General Kai Eide urged more women to be…

KABUL - The United Nations and its partners launched the Humanitarian Action Plan (HAP) for Afghanistan in February and appealed for US$ 604 million to help meet the needs of Afghans made vulnerable by natural disasters, lack…

KABUL - In 2009, 6.8 million children were enrolled in schools of grade 1 to 12, among them, 2.5 million girls. Download the UNICEF Factsheet For UNICEF 2009 was an extension of its preceding Country Programme 2006-2008. In…

KABUL - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Kai Eide, began the year urging strong support for agriculture and big infrastructure in Afghanistan. At a media conference in Kabul…

KABUL - As the year draws to a close UNAMA reviews the year in Afghanistan with a series of articles looking back on the twelve months of 2009. Of the seven years that the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan…

KABUL - Afghanistan 's fiercely cold winter, the raging insecurity and funding shortfalls are having a major impact on the health of millions of people in this war-ravaged country.

KABUL - Afghanistan's road system, damaged by decades of war and a serious impediment to economic growth, faces reconstruction and rehabilitation.

KABUL - The potential export value of Afghanistan’s opium has dropped 18 per cent this year, the United Nations anti-drug body reported today, but it cautioned that further progress hinges on rooting out corruption in the…

KABUL - Eight years after the end of Taliban rule, women in Afghanistan still continue to face injustice and are often punished for "moral crimes."