PAKTYA - Hundreds of kilograms of drugs and weapons were seized by Afghan security forces during an operation in Paktya province, local officials said on Sunday. Local Roz News Agency reported that the narcotics, including…

KABUL - “The members of the Security Council welcomed the “Tokyo Conference on Afghanistan” held in Tokyo on 8 July 2012 and its conference conclusions (S/2012/532). “The members of the Security Council commended the…

Experts meet in Uganda from 25 to 27 July The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) and Head of the UN Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), Mr. Abou Moussa, and the Special Envoy of the African…

Mogadishu, 23 July 2012 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, Dr. Augustine Mahiga, today welcomed the progress that has been made in completing the selection and verification of the 825…

HELMAND - Helmand Police Chief Mohammad Nabi Ilham told a press conference yesterday that the number of civilian casualties, caused by IEDs and roadside bombs planted by the Taliban, has reached to 81 dead and 110 injured in…

KABUL - Afghanistan’s Ministry of Finance and the World Bank (WB) signed yesterday for a US$ 125 million grant from the WB’s International Development Association (IDA) to finance improvement and maintenance of rural roads…

KANDAHAR - The security responsibility of three districts of Kandahar Province – Dand, Daman and Arghandab – and Kandahar City were handed over from international forces to Afghan forces last week. Addressing a handover…

KANDAHAR - The head of Kandahar Transport Department, Najibullah Ahmadi, told local media that together with Kandahar Governor's office, they are working to start bus service between Kandahar and Quetta city of Pakistan soon…

KABUL - The representative of World Health Organization in Helmand, Doctor Mohammad Omar Wardak, said that six polio cases have been detected in Helmand province in the first half of this year. Three of these cases are in…

Mr President, When I briefed the Council for the first time after Libya's Declaration of Liberation, last October, I said that its people may seek from us lessons in the detail of democracy, but they can offer lessons in its…

Dakar, le 17 Juillet 2012 - Le Groupe de Travail Femmes Paix et Sécurité en Afrique de l’Ouest a organisé une Journée de réflexion sur la contribution des jeunes à la promotion de l’approche genre et au développement d’une…