KABUL - While many farmers are happy with the spring rains this year which should result in good harvests, many Afghans have suffered heavily from floods caused by the recent heavy rainfall. Thousand of families have become…

KABUL - It is an urgent global concern that cases of influenza infection with a new virus, currently being reported in some areas of Mexico, the United States and Canada. The symptoms of swine flu in people are similar to the…

Special Representative Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah has praised the international community for its generous pledges totaling more than $213 million for Somalia's security forces and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM).

26 April 2009 - Five thousand families have lived across Afghanistan for decades, but none of them have Afghan citizenship. Among several minorities in Afghanistan, a forgotten and isolated minority is the Jogi tribe. Jogies…

23 April 2009 - Dost Mohammad Khan left from Bamyan seven years ago. Since then he has been living with his family of nine on Koh-e Shir Darwaza [lion gate mountain]. He finds life in Kabul harsher than Bamyan. “I did not…

The International Conference is being convened by the Secretary-General following the request of the UN Security Council in its resolution 1863 under the joint auspices of the African Union and United Nations and hosted by…

Communiqué of the International Conference in support of the Somali Security Institutions and the African Union Mission in Somalia.

21 April 2009 - People living with HIV and Aids can now receive treatment in the first anti-retroviral therapy centre in Afghanistan. The Minister of Public Health, Dr Sayed Mohammad Amin Fatimi opened the centre on Tuesday…

KABUL - The UN’s top representative in Afghanistan called today for new and more strategic thinking about the country’s education needs. Kai Eide, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan, told an…

21 April 2009 - One thousand Afghan returnees will be able to build their own houses as a result of action taken by the Government of Afghanistan and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) shelter project…

KABUL - The Education for All, Global Action Week, is launched today in Afghanistan. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) are calling on…

KABUL - Transcript of press conference by Shigeru Ayoagi, UNESCO Country Director, Gopal Sharma, UNICEF Deputy Representative and Nazifullah Salarzai, UNAMA Strategic Communication and Spokespersons Unit. Dari - Pashto UNAMA…