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Parliamentary poll voter registration in full swing in Afghanistan’s east
30 June 2010 - About 50 staff members, including women, of Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission (IEC) began registering voters in the country’s east for the parliamentary elections to be held in September. Sulimanzai, Head of the Eastern Regional Election Coordination unit, said “nine teams…
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UN Security Council to meet on Afghanistan
KABUL - The United Nations Security Council will meet in New York today, 30 June, to discuss progress and challenges in Afghanistan. The meeting, a regular quarterly session on Afghanistan, follows a visit by the full Security Council to Afghanistan last week. The UN's top envoy in Afghanistan…
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Statement of UN special envoy, Staffan de Mistura to the UN Security Council
NEW YORK - Mr President, Members of the Security Council, Thank you very much, Mr President, it is a great pleasure to see you here again after your mission. Pashto Dari I would like to take this opportunity to elaborate on the UN’s activities in Afghanistan and the priorities in the current Afghan…
Road construction in Afghanistan: A woman’s story
30 June 2010 - “Dar-e-Zindan” or the “Valley of the Jail”, one the highest valleys in Afghanistan’s northern region At 2,700 metres above sea level the valley stretches throughout the province of Samangan, an isolated and seemingly forgotten place. Subject to extreme climates and frequent natural…
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Afghanistan’s first mobile radio gives voice to isolated populations
BAMYAN - The first moveable radio station in Afghanistan was recently launched in Bamyan province, covering news in remote districts of the province. Mounted on a truck, Radio Paik-e-Bamyan travels around the province and reports on local issues in the isolated villages. “Most of the Kabul-based…
Afghan President signs a decree on a new Peace and Reintegration Programme
29 June 2010 - Afghan President Hamid Karzai signed a decree today to launch the Afghanistan Peace and Reintegration Programme. The programme intends to attract Taliban foot soldiers and low rank commanders from the battlefield by offering them jobs, literacy and vocational training and promote…
Journalists voice safety concerns
7 July 2010, Jalalabad - With violence increasingly gripping the region, journalists of Afghanistan’s east have voiced their serious concerns about their safety and their lack of access to information. In a six-point resolution endorsed at a meeting in the eastern regional hub of Jalalabad on Monday…