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Global Handwashing Day: It saves lives!
KABUL - Students across Kabul today celebrated Global Handwashing Day, which highlights the importance of hand-washing with soap and water as one of the most effective and affordable health interventions. At a function…
Latest UNAMA Radio programme
17 October 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. All UNAMA Radio…
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WHO identifies 23 polio cases since January 2009
KABUL - The World Health Organization has identified a total of 23 cases of polio so far this year throughout Afghanistan with one new polio case detected this week by a WHO-supported Polio Surveillance Team. The latest polio…
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ECC makes decisions on fraudulent ballots and complaints
KABUL - The Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) today gave its orders to Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC) on three different decisions, namely: quarantined stations, 'Category-A' complaints, and the audit…
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Ban urges Afghan President to respect constitutional process
KABUL - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Afghan President Hamid Karzai today discussed the latest developments concerning the recent elections, as the United Nations-backed panel investigating claims of fraud submitted its…
Ban welcomes humanitarian group’s efforts to rid Afghanistan of mines
KABUL - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has praised a humanitarian organization committed to eradicating landmines worldwide for its efforts to turn minefields into agricultural land in Afghanistan. “Each mine cleared, each…
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Jirga for peace and development formed
KABUL - Governors of three eastern provinces of Afghanistan jointly launched a regional peace Jirga today to step up peace, reconciliation and development efforts in their areas. The Governors – Gul Agha Sherzai of Nangarhar…
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Remarks on elections by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Kai Eide
KABUL - It’s been a privilege to be part of this process and to stand here with you today. The Afghan people have been through many difficult months now from when the election process started and up until the day where we are…
Statement by the Secretary-General on President Karzai's declaration on the electoral process
NEW YORK - I warmly welcome the statement today by H.E. President Hamid Karzai concerning the presidential elections in Afghanistan. He has made it clear that the constitutional process must be fully respected. This process…
Triumphant Afghan taekwondo athletes arrive home
21 October 2009 - The delegation of Afghan taekwondo athletes who won a silver and bronze medal for Afghanistan in the recent World Taekwondo Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark arrived in Kabul today. A total of 929…
UN anti-crime chief calls for scaled-up resistance against Afghan drugs trafficking
21 October 2009 - The United Nations drug and crime tsar today called for intensified efforts to combat the devastating global impact of Afghanistan’s multi-billion dollar opium trade, fuelling addiction, the spread of HIV, a…
AIHRC-UNAMA release third elections report
22 October 2009 - The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today issued their third joint-political rights monitoring report related to the…