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30 June 2009 - Election fever is sweeping the north of Afghanistan as posters of candidates start to line the streets. They’ve started to bloom around the blue mosque of Mazar-i-Sharif, on the walls of Sar-i-Pul city and…

KABUL - Election fever is sweeping the north of Afghanistan as posters of candidates start to line the streets. They’ve started to bloom around the blue mosque of Mazar-i-Sharif, on the walls of Sar-i-Pul city and along the…

KABUL - The elections support project of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP/ELECT) is coordinating international support for this year’s Afghanistan elections on 20 August. Margie Cook is the Chief Electoral…

KABUL - Meeting in Trieste on 26 June 2009, the Afghanistan-Pakistan International Support Group recognized the fundamental role that the Afghan elections play in the continued strengthening of democracy in Afghanistan. The…

KABUL - Meeting in Trieste on 26 June 2009, the Afghanistan-Pakistan International Support Group recognized the fundamental role that the Afghan elections play in the continued strengthening of democracy in Afghanistan. Dari…

KABUL - Mohammad Nayim, a thirty-nine-year-old former soldier from Kabul, lifts his left trouser leg without warning to reveal a Jaipur foot. The recovering heroin addict lost his limb in a landmine accident while fighting…

KABUL - Mr Robert Watkins, the new United Nations Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan arrived in Kabul today. Mr Watkins, who is one of two deputies of the Special Representative, Kai Eide…

KABUL - Listen to our new daily radio podcasts in Dari, Pashto and English from United Nations Radio in Afghanistan. Our podcasts feature a variety of news and views from UN agencies in Afghanistan and other stories from…

KABUL - Afghan officials today vowed to eradicate the country’s drug trade and drug-funded terrorism as they thanked the international community, including the United Nations, for helping out in the country’s counter…

23 June 2009 - The challenges facing Guinea-Bissau, which has witnessed a spate of political killings and coup attempts since last August, are enormous, the top United Nations envoy to the country said today, urging the…