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AIHRC urges vigilance in human rights monitoring

17 June 2010 - The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) in the northeast region recorded a total of 58 complaints during the first quarter of the Afghan year, and urged journalists to be vigilant in…

Over 70,000 Afghan refugees return this year

20 June 2010 - The number of refugees voluntarily returning home to Afghanistan in 2010 reached the 70,000 mark this week. With two and a half months of the peak repatriation period still to run, this year’s overall figure…

UNODC reports major drug abuse in Afghanistan

21 June 2010 - A survey on Drug Use in Afghanistan, issued today by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, shows that around one million Afghans (age 15…

Security Council arrives in Afghanistan

21 June 2010 - The 15-member United Nations Security Council today arrived in Kabul to assess the situation in the lead-up to the Security Council debate on Afghanistan scheduled for late June. The Security Council’s visit is…

Security Council holds meetings in Kabul

22 June 2010 - The United Nations Security Council held a series of meetings in Kabul today, its first full day since arriving in Afghanistan in the evening of 22 June. The 15-member delegation had a two-hour meeting with…

Two new hospitals under construction in Paktya province

23 June 2010 - Two hospitals with a total bed capacity of 120 are being built in the eastern province of Paktya where health care is gaining ground. Already home to three hospitals with a total bed capacity of 110, Paktya is…