KABUL - Despite some progress in restraining cultivation, trafficking and use of illicit drugs in Afghanistan, it still remains a “critical challenge” for the country, which is the largest producer and cultivator of opium in…

New York - The members of the Security Council are outraged by yesterday's bomb attack in Mogadishu, for which Al-Shabaab has claimed responsibility, and which has caused numerous deaths and injuries. The members of the…

07 November 2013 - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Guinea-Bissau condemns the attack on Minister of Transport , Orlando Viegas Mendes, perpetrated Tuesday night outside his residence by…

GHAZNI - Demanding saffron cultivation training, farmers say they will grow the lucrative crop next year if a pilot project yields positive results in Ghazni province.A farmer in Khwaja Umari district, Gulabuddin, who used…

HERAT - in the upcoming presidential election.A religious scholar, Maulawi Abdul Hakim, said, “As men have rights to vote, women also have right to vote.” Some governmental officials also participated in the gathering titled…

KUNAR - Tens of thousands of voter registration cards for upcoming election have been distributed in eastern Kunar province.In the lead up to next year’s Presidential and Provincial Council elections, voter registration cards…

NEW YORK - Highlighting the environmental dimension of sustainable development, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed concern that natural resources continue to be exploited and degraded during armed…

Beletweyne, 5 November 2013 – The Director General of the Ministry of Interior and National Security, Mr. Ali Abtidon Halane, today opened the Hiil Walaal Rehabilitation Centre for disengaged combatants in Beletweyne, in the…

BADAKHSHAN - The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Tuesday said the voter registration campaign had been slow, but successful, in north-eastern Badakhshan province, where 130,000 people, with 40 per cent of them being…

JSRS: Thank you very much. Sincere apologies for coming this late to you, but we have just finished a series of meeting that we have had today. We first had a trilateral meeting, that is, the United Nations, the Russian…

Tripoli, 04 November 2013 – The United Nations Support Mission in Libya strongly condemns the series of assassinations in Benghazi that have targeted security and military officials as well as political activists and other…

On 2 November, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Libya has inaugurated a photo and multimedia exhibition aimed at raising awareness about the plight of persons from Syria while they…