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25 February 2010 - Download UNAMA's review of the week in stories and photos. UNAMA NEWS

26 February 2010 - UNAMA spokesperson Dan McNorton, responding to today's incidents in Kabul, said: "The attacks we witnessed this morning in Kabul have killed and injured many people. The United Nations condemns these attacks unreservedly. The perpetrators behind these attacks have again shown…

NEW YORK - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations mission in Afghanistan have strongly condemned Friday's attacks in Kabul which caused the death and injury of many Afghan and foreign residents and for which the Taliban claimed responsibility. “This deliberate targeting of civilians…

27 February 2010 - The United Nations is currently studying a legislative decree that would give Afghan President Hamid Karzai the power to appoint all five members of the country’s Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC), which is supposed to be an independent body. UN News Centre report According to…

28 February 2010 - Afghanistan’s National Environment Protection Agency (NEPA) announced today that it would strengthen its Protected Species List by adding an additional 15 species, including the elusive large-billed reed warbler only recently discovered in Afghanistan by researchers working for…

28 February 2010 - A new radio station named Charagh (meaning: the lamp) has been established in Kunduz. It is the fifth free and private radio station to be established in Kunduz, which covers 70 km of Kunduz and its nearby districts. The radio station has been established by civil society with the…

1 March 2010 - The Government of Afghanistan has initiated a programme tapping Mullahs and religious elders in making people aware of women’s rights in accordance with Islamic laws, the Afghan institutional law and international human rights law. The Afghan government programme titled ‘The Role of…

KABUL - A nation’s integrity is best assured when its members hold fast to the cultural values that fortify their sense of identity, and societies that live in harmony by welcoming the new while treasuring the past maintain their vibrancy. Cultural heritage embraces those shared ideas, beliefs…

3 March 2010 - The history and archaeology of Afghanistan stretches back more than 40 millennia, from Palaeolithic sites where stone tools illustrate aspects of the lives of the first human settlements in Afghanistan, through to the Bronze and Iron Ages where civilizations from Kandahar to Balkh…

3 March 2010 - For Bashir Ahmad, who runs a sports shop in downtown Jalalabad, the last three weeks have probably been the busiest since he opened his business nine years ago. An unexpected rise in the sale of cricket gear has come as a windfall, earning shopkeepers huge profits, thanks to…

KABUL - The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Kai Eide, holds his final press conference in Kabul today. Photos

4 March 2010 - The latest issue of UNAMA’s quarterly Afghan Update magazine recognizes Afghanistan’s rich past and the need to preserve it for future generations. Download magazine: English - Dari - Pashto