KABUL - UNOPS and the Governments of Afghanistan and Australia, through the Australian Government Aid Programme, this month agreed to extend their joint efforts for road construction in Uruzgan, one of the most volatile…
28 May 2010 - Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Haruhiko Kuroda has inaugurated at Hairatan a 75-kilometer stretch of railway line that connects the Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif to the country's bustling northern border…
Istanbul, 21 May 2010 HE Ambassador Cevikoz, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegation, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of the Secretary-General of the United Nations I would like to first of all thank the Government of Turkey…
On behalf of the Secretary-General of the United Nations I would like to first of all thank the Government of Turkey for its invitation to convene this Istanbul Conference on Somalia with the United Nations Before going…
25 May 2010 - Some 27 former members of the Taliban from the western provinces of Farah and Herat have surrendered their weapons and joined the reconciliation process. Twenty anti-government elements from the Khaki Safeid…
Istanbul, 24 May 2010 – Following the closing of the Istanbul Conference on Somalia, the UN Special Representative, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, today said that the three-day meeting was "a major success" which resulted in…