KABUL - Dozens of Afghan women from the provinces of Kandahar in the south to Takhar in the north are calling on Afghan leaders to give more visibility to women’s rights at the Kabul Conference on Tuesday, cautioning that…

17July 2010 - The Afghan Department of Social Affairs has trained more than 100 members of Government and civil society in eastern Afghanistan about juvenile justice with a longer term goal of keeping underage offenders out…

15 July 2010 - The official tasked with helping to decide which names of individuals or entities to remove from the list of those subject to Security Council sanctions measures against Al-Qaida and the Taliban said today that…

NEW YORK - Kimberly Prost, the newly appointed Ombudsperson of the Security Council’s 1267 Committee — also known as the Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee — pledged at Headquarters today that she would make her office…

15 July 2010 - The Ministry of Public Health in partnership with UNICEF and WHO is implementing for the first time, a comprehensive package designed to protect children in vulnerable and hard-to-reach districts. Child Health…

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15 July 2010 - Working with local Afghan partners, the United Nations refugee agency has been providing building materials and cash grants averaging US $100 to hundreds of families crossing back home from Pakistan as part of…

14 July 2010 - Government representatives, UNICEF, religious leaders and women recently inaugurated a facility in Bamyan that aims to provide a safe place for women during the final stage of their pregnancy. ”This place is…

14 July 2010 - Up to 10 names currently on a UN sanctions list related to Afghanistan are in the process of being forwarded to the UN Security Council for review, the top UN envoy in the country told the press on Monday…

13 July 2010 – Root causes of conflicts in West Africa, including ethnic tensions and governance challenges, could overturn gains made in consolidating peace, leaving the region at a crossroads, a senior United Nations…

13 July 2010 - Kandahar’s first-ever charity-supported hospital was inaugurated in the city last week. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony Abdul Qayum “Pokhla,” head public health department of the Haji Rathmathullah…