KABUL - Watched by Afghanistan’s first female Olympian, more than 150 girls from high schools in the capital, Kabul, competed today in a track and field event held to select female athletes for the country’s female Athletics…

KHOST - Construction work of four development projects that are expected to provide jobs to 1,707 individuals started in Khost province. The projects include the retaining walls and intakes, started in Shamal, Dwamanda and…

PAKTYA - Since the beginning of the Afghanistan Peace and Reconciliation Programme, a total of 4,547 opponents of Afghan Government have joined the peace process. While narrating his report, Ajab Sangin of the Paktya…

22 May 2013 - The United Nations Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations political mission in Guinea-Bissau to assist in finding solutions to the political and economic crisis being exacerbated by…

Consensus and impartial code of conduct to favor preparation of 2015 elections in peaceful climate and trust, SRSG says 23 May 2013 – Consensus between all political parties and actors over legal (normative) and…

KABUL - From mountain glaciers to rural wetlands, Afghanistan is rich in biodiversity but these sources of water are coming under pressure and need to be protected, according to the United Nations Environmental Programme…

KABUL - There are currently at least 600 women and girls imprisoned in Afghanistan for “moral crimes,” an increase of 50 per cent over the past 18 months, according to an international non-governmental organization (NGO)…

MAZAR-E-SHARIF - Plans to turn the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif into a regional transportation hub have taken a jump forward with the opening of a new airport terminal. While the airport has yet to be officially…

KUNDUZ - The Minister of Finance, Hazarat Omar Zakhilwal, inaugurated a new building for the provincial customs department and two hotels for traders at Sher Khan Border area of Kunduz. The facilities have been constructed in…

KABUL - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and UN Women have urged Afghan authorities to step up their efforts to ensure the full implementation of the law on the Elimination of Violence Against…

KABUL - As cultural institutions around the world opened their doors this week for International Museum Day, the expansion of Afghanistan's own National Museum came a step closer to completion. Renovations to the old building…

BAMYAN - Civil society activists have expressed concerns over increasing influence of "some powerful people" on judicial institutions. Addressing a press conference in Bamyan, the activists said during the last one and half…