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KABUL - The Electoral Complaints Commission has urged provincial council candidates and their agents to be vigilant on polling day on 20 August so as to avoid fraud and other irregularities. Addressing a gathering of about…

14 August 2009 - With less than a week to go until elections in Afghanistan on 20 August, election materials have been transported to all 34 provinces, and the UN-supported Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) is gearing up…

KABUL - The UN Special Representative for Afghanistan Kai Eide visited US military detention facilities at Bagram this past week as part of ongoing efforts to examine conditions for detainees. The visit was part of a series…

KABUL - In the north east of Afghanistan the Independent Election Commission has started the training for more than 19,000 staff for Election Day. They’ll be trained on the working procedures for the voting and the ballot…

KABUL - In the north east of Afghanistan the Independent Election Commission has started the training for more than 19,000 staff for Election Day. They’ll be trained on the working procedures for the voting and the ballot…

14 August 2009 - The preparation of the upcoming Guinea-Bissau donor's round table was at the center of an informal meeting held this Friday in Bissau by the International Contact Group on Guinea-Bissau (ICG-GB) at his local…

KABUL - Increasing voter turnout is one of the main challenges for the upcoming presidential and provincial council elections in Afghanistan, on 20 August. To raise awareness about voting procedures and to step-up the number…

14 August 2009 - In many ways, history is unfolding in this hastily-assembled office in a residential apartment in Kabul's Kolola Pushta neighbourhood. Farida Tarana, one of Afghanistan's most popular women, welcomes me into…

13 August 2009 - In exactly seven days Afghans will go to the polls to elect their next president. A new democracy is being experienced in Afghanistan with daily television debates attracting large audiences on the dozens of…

KABUL - Thousands of Afghans in the country’s West will benefit from a donation by the Government of Japan to the World Food Programme (WFP) for the purchase of food. The US$ 5.9 million donation – coordinated by Japan…