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KABUL - The United Nations Refugee agency says Afghan nationals now comprise the largest group of foreigners seeking asylum in developed nations. Read the UNHCR report.

KABUL - The United Nations will select two international experts to serve in Afghanistan’s election complaints commission ahead of legislative polls scheduled in September, the newly-appointed head of the UN mission in the…

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KABUL - The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Staffan de Mistura, issues a Message for the Afghan New Year. Nowruz is a very important moment of festivity that has been celebrated for 2,500…

KABUL - “The country is so rich – put a shovel anywhere and you will come back with something!” “The country” is, of course, none other than Afghanistan – the crossroads for marauding conquerors from surrounding civilizations…

NEW YORK - The time has come to transform the relationship between Afghanistan and its partners to enable greater responsibility on the part of Afghans themselves and an increasingly supporting role for the international…

NEW YORK - Cautioning against a militarization of the overall effort towards greater peace and democracy in Afghanistan, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says there is growing consensus for a political process to end the…

KABUL - UNAMA has launched a special website featuring exclusively commissioned articles and photography to coincide with the publication of the Mission's magazine on Afghanistan's heritage.

BAMYAN - Afghanistan’s central province of Bamyan possess some of the world’s most renowned archaeological sites from the fifth century, which are most often referred to in seminal studies on the history and archaeology of…

KABUL - “Come first to me,” he called out from behind a stall in chaste English. His eyes intently winnowing genuine customers from holiday crowds, unknown to the hands that carefully lined some oversized combat helmets next…