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KABUL - Hasina Jalal is one of two Afghans to win the 2014 N-Peace Award prize, administered by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to recognize the leadership role of women and peace advocates from six conflict…

29 May 2014 - The Security Council today extended the mandate of UNIOGBIS with its efforts to advance stability, security and development.The Security Council voted unanimously to extend by six months the mandate of the…

KABUL - Ahead of the second round in Afghanistan’s Presidential elections, the top United Nations official in the country today reaffirmed the world body’s commitment for the coming years and urged all Afghans to take part in…

KABUL - In its effort to make schools safer and ensure the right to education for all Afghan children, the Government of Afghanistan is mobilizing community elders in remote areas to help protect schools from insurgents’…

As the world marked this year’s International Nurses Day, a new batch of doctors and nurses at the Chinese Level 2 Hospital in Zwedru seized the moment to firm up ties with the medical fraternity in Grand Gedeh County. May 12…

KABUL - Despite “significant progress” made over the past decade in boosting Afghanistan’s economy, much more needs to be done to sustain high and inclusive economic growth as the country goes through political and security…

KABUL - Relief aid has been distributed to four-fifths of the people affected by this year’s flash floods that killed hundreds of people across Afghanistan, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of…

KABUL - An Afghan anti-corruption group has identified weakness in the process of asset registration of high ranking officials as a key impediment in the country’s fight against corruption and detection of illicit enrichment…

KABUL - Ahead of next month’s second round run-off in the country’s Presidential elections, the Afghan body responsible for organizing the poll today asked civil society groups and media organizations for their cooperation in…

19 May 2014 - The assessment of the second round of presidential elections in Guinea-Bissau was made today by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the UN in a meeting with International Partners , which…