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KANDAHAR - Although large swathes of land in southern Kandahar province have been cleared of poppy, the number of drug addicts still remains at a very high level. According to a recent periodic report on poppy eradication in…

Bagram, AFGHANISTAN -IOM co-led a rescue effort involving 10 Nepalese citizens that had overstayed their visa and helped them to get back to their country safely. English At the request of the Embassy of Nepal in Islamabad…

NEWYORK - Ahead of a Security Council meeting on Afghanistan on Wednesday, the United Nations mission in the country today drew attention to the “critical need” for all parties to the conflict to do more to protect civilians…

KABUL - Highlighting the impact of drug abuse around the world, the head of the United Nations anti-drugs office today said that countering transnational organized crime and illicit drugs must become an integral part of the…

KABUL - The Tokyo Conference next week is supposed to give the people of Afghanistan a strong message that the international community will continue its support to Afghanistan for another decade beyond 2014 in its endeavour…

KABUL - About 100 journalists and representatives of media organizations from all over Afghanistan discussed the Afghan Media Law at a conference in Kabul today to prepare their consolidated comments on the law before…

Nangarhar - Fourteen former Taliban fighters, who recently renounced violence, joined a Government peace and reconciliation process today in the eastern regional hub of Jalalabad. The ex-fighters also handed over 13 weapons…

KABUL - Afghan youth will act as “Ambassadors of Peace” and take the message of peace, brotherhood, unity and friendship to every nook and corner of Afghanistan. The title of “Ambassadors of Peace” was honoured to the…

PAKTIKA - At a ceremony on Tuesday, a newly constructed 20-bed hospital was opened in Sarobi district of Paktika province, officials said. The one-storey hospital building, having surgery, maternity centre and other health…

PAKTYA - The long-standing land dispute between two sub-tribes of a local tribe, continued for almost five centuries over 15,000 jiribs (3,000 hectares) of land, has been resolved through negotiations and Jirga system in…