News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

8 August 2009 - International aid agencies and the Government of Afghanistan are increasing their efforts to promote tourism in the province of Bamyan. New Zealand’s aid agency has recently funded a tourism development…

KABUL - A total of 30 out of 41 presidential candidates participated in pre-election television roundtables conducted by the Media Commission between 29 July and 6 August. The Commission told a press conference today that 28…

9 August 2009 - Afghanistan’s most popular singer, Farhad Darya today called on his countrymen and women to actively participate in the upcoming presidential and provincial council elections. “I am not working for any…

KABUL - The top United Nations envoy in Afghanistan said today that he was concerned that the insecurity around the country will affect the turn-out of voters for the 20 August presidential and provincial council elections…

9 August 2009 - Insecurity is having a serious impact on preparations for Afghanistan's upcoming elections, especially for women, according to the United Nations and the country's human rights body, which added that despite…

11 August 2009 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Kai Eide, today said that progress was being made toward meeting the goals as outlined under the Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS). Mr Eide…

12 August 2009 - “I am a poet. For long time I have suffered from violence and injustice in our society but I couldn’t express myself, until one day I took pen and paper. The YICC [Youth Information and Contac Center] gives…

13 August 2009 - In exactly seven days Afghans will go to the polls to elect their next president. A new democracy is being experienced in Afghanistan with daily television debates attracting large audiences on the dozens of…

KABUL - Thousands of Afghans in the country’s West will benefit from a donation by the Government of Japan to the World Food Programme (WFP) for the purchase of food. The US$ 5.9 million donation – coordinated by Japan…

14 August 2009 - In many ways, history is unfolding in this hastily-assembled office in a residential apartment in Kabul's Kolola Pushta neighbourhood. Farida Tarana, one of Afghanistan's most popular women, welcomes me into…

KABUL - Increasing voter turnout is one of the main challenges for the upcoming presidential and provincial council elections in Afghanistan, on 20 August. To raise awareness about voting procedures and to step-up the number…

15 August 2009 - UNAMA's latest radio show "Afghanistan Today", broadcast in Dari and Pashto on Radio Television Afghanistan, is now available to listen to online and on iTunes.