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KABUL - As the election date approaches, debate among the people of central Afghanistan to choose the next president is gaining pace. At lunch break in Bamyan, villagers gather at the local restaurants to talk about the…

KABUL - More than seven thousand Afghan artefacts which were stolen and smuggled out of the country have returned home over the past two years. In 2007, more than 6,000 artefacts looted from Afghanistan’s ancient sites were…

KABUL - Violence against women, including rape, is widespread in Afghanistan, according to a new United Nations report, which details the extent of the problem against a backdrop of impunity and a failure by authorities to…

8 July 2009 - UN Special Representative Kai Eide warned on Wednesday that violence against women in Afghanistan was not being faced up to within the community and said this was holding Afghanistan back. Eide, the top UN…

KABUL - UN envoy Kai Eide on Wednesday welcomed Afghan Government plans to tie a proposed ‘surge’ of civilian international experts to the country’s most pressing rebuilding needs. Eide, the Special Representative of the UN…

KABUL - UN Special Representative Kai Eide warned on Wednesday that violence against women in Afghanistan was not being faced up to within the community and said this was holding Afghanistan back. Eide, the top UN official in…

KABUL - UN envoy, Kai Eide today pressed donors and NGOs to focus on the management of Afghanistan’s water resources to lift impoverished communities out of poverty and foster stability by preventing tribal conflicts over…

KABUL - Improved coordination between the Government of Afghanistan and the international community is boosting development efforts across Afghanistan, says a senior United Nations official in Kabul, Afghanistan. “When donors…

NANGARHAR - For Latifa Sayed, 34, the last two months have been very rewarding. She has been working as an election civic educator and teaching less educated women in Jalalabad about the upcoming elections. The schoolteacher…

KABUL - Fighting the illegal excavation, removal and smuggling of Afghan artifacts is a big challenge for the Afghan Ministry of Culture. UNESCO's director, Shigeru Aoyagi talks exclusively to UNAMA’s Jamil Danish. .