KABUL - Extreme overcrowding, a lack of medical care and poor sanitation. These are just some of the challenges facing the Afghan corrections system, and which the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is…

KABUL - As Afghanistan prepares to mark the holy month of Ramadan, I would like to take the opportunity to congratulate its people and Government and wish them peace and happiness throughout the coming days. Afghanistan has…

PAKTYA - Beekeepers in Paktya province have been able to increase honey production and maintain its “high quality because of easy access to a variety of juicy flowers,” but they lack access to foreign markets and face “a…

KABUL - An Afghan Government project launched two years ago seeking to address the country’s “highly bureaucratic, time consuming and expensive business licensing regime” has reduced administrative burdens and opportunities…

KABUL - The first decade of the 21st century was the warmest in the world since modern measurements began around 1850, and 2010 was the hottest year ever recorded, with far-reaching implications for our environment, according…

(Video inside) 1. I am pleased to meet with you this morning to share ideas about my recent briefing to the United Nations Security Council on 18 June 2012 in New York and the controversy that surrounded it in Libya. 2. As I…

KABUL - At the end of a five-day visit to Afghanistan which included a range of high-level meetings and a field trip, the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Jan Eliasson, reaffirmed the commitment of the world body to…

BALKH - A United Nations-supported vocational training and literacy programme has been launched for inmates of the central jail in northern Balkh province. According to the commander of the prison, Colonel Abdullah Azizi…

KHOST - Provincial authorities have reported a decrease in wheat production in Khost province during the current year. A Manager of the provincial agriculture department, Noor Shahbaz, said that the yield fell due to heavy…

GHAZNI - Work has been started on construction of an airport in south-eastern Afghan province of Ghazni. The construction of the region’s first airport is scheduled to be completed in a year. Speaking at a ceremony organized…

KABUL - At a high-level meeting in the Afghan capital of Kabul, today, the Government of Afghanistan and international donors reaffirmed their mutual commitments to work together to help the country through its ongoing…

KABUL - Below is the near-verbatim transcript of a press conference by the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Jan Eliasson, just before wrapping up his visit to Afghanistan. Jan Eliasson: Thank you very much…