News (Consolidated) - UNSOM

6 September 2009 - The latest weekly programme produced in Dari and Pashto by UNAMA Radio is now online to listen to. The show - "Afghanistan Today" - is broadcast every Saturday morning on Radio Afghanistan.

KABUL - Three United Nations agencies in Afghanistan today urged the government and development partners to take “serious action” towards improving access to “quality and relevant” literacy programmes in the country. Speaking…

KABUL - This week is expected to see the end of the tallying process conducted by the Independent Election Commission (IEC). Over the next days, the election will then move to the next stage – the adjudication of complaints…

9 September 2009 - Until a few years ago, a handful of people had total influence over the way most women in the eastern Afghan hub of Jalalabad should live. One of the many things women were deprived of was radio. Many were…

9 September 2009 - I am greatly saddened by today’s news of the death of Sultan Munadi, killed during a rescue operation to free him and New York Times journalist Stephen Farrell from Taliban captivity. دری و پشتو Sultan’s…

9 September 2009 - The death of an Afghan journalist who was killed during a rescue operation to free him and New York Times journalist Stephen Farrell from Taliban captivity highlights the dangers faced by media…

10 September 2009 - With just eleven days to go until the International Day of Peace the different regions across Afghanistan are gearing up for the final days of events and activities. In the north of the country the…

KABUL - As Peace Day 21 September approaches UNAMA is featuring articles from UN agencies on the work the UN is doing for peace in Afghanistan. 1: The Food and Agriculture Organization. As long as people go hungry without any…

KABUL - As Peace Day 21 September approaches UNAMA is featuring articles from UN agencies on the work the UN is doing for peace in Afghanistan. 2: UNESCO Two and a half decades of conflict in Afghanistan have killed thousands…

KABUL - As Peace Day 21 September approaches UNAMA is featuring articles from UN agencies on the work the UN is doing for peace in Afghanistan. 3: UNODC The drug trade, corruption and unregulated borders are challenges to…

KABUL - 1.2 million children in southern, south-eastern, western and eastern Afghanistan will be targeted by a new three-day polio eradication drive starting today. The immunization campaign comes shortly after Afghanistan’s…