Afghanistan: UN health agency calls for stepped-up access to those in need
18 August 2010 - On the eve of World Humanitarian Day, the United Nations health agency and its partners in Afghanistan are appealing for greater access by and to those most in need of medical assistance. “We, the health community, are helping people where we can reach them, which also means that if…
Afghanistan celebrates Jeshn or Independence Day
19 August 2010 - Afghan nationals are marking 91 years of independence today. Low-key celebrations are planned throughout the country as the holiday comes amid the holy month of Ramadan. The date commemorates the Treaty of Rawalpindi in 1919 following the end of the third Anglo-Afghan War. This year…
UNAMA's review of the week - photos and stories
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Northern region: Afghan groups review plans for polls
KUNDUZ - Less than a month before the scheduled parliamentary elections, Afghan electoral and human rights groups met with United Nations officials in the northeast province of Kunduz this week to share information about electoral preparations. “We have successfully finished the voter registration…
UN anti-crime agency helps Afghanistan combat corruption
20 August 2010 - The United Nations anti-crime agency is helping to bolster the justice system in Afghanistan, where reconstruction and development are hampered by corruption and poor governance. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is helping the Afghan Attorney General’s office create and…
UN urges renewed support for relief workers on World Humanitarian Day
19 August 2010 - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon marked World Humanitarian Day today by leading a chorus of United Nations officials in lauding aid workers – including some who have paid with their lives – for their tireless efforts to help those who have lived through wars, catastrophes and other…
Fighting TB in the west with support from the UN health agency and donors
21 August 2010 - With her face covered by a burka, 18-year-old Shukria walks every day to the Herat provincial Tuberculosis (TB) centre to take four different medicines in front of a health care worker. “We have no other way to make sure the patients take their medicine properly. If they are not…
Afghan civil society, UNAMA spur reconstruction of prison in the east
25 August 2010 - It might be a prison, but inmates in the only jail in Afghanistan’s eastern Laghman province say that living conditions have improved dramatically thanks to the assistance of the international community. General Dawlat Mahmad Aziz, the manager of Laghman prison, said the facility…
Afghan police patrolling drug route undergo passport, visa and human rights training with UN support
26 August 2010 - Afghan police stationed on the country’s border with Tajikistan - part of a trade route used to smuggle drugs, people and goods - have completed training to spot fake passports and visas, while also learning about migrants’ rights and developing literacy, computer and driving skills…
New project to clear mines from Ghazni city begins
GHAZNI - This month a new project undertaken by OMAR, an Afghan humanitarian mine action non-governmental organization (NGO), will begin clearing minefields from the centre of Ghazni. This will support the city’s preparations to be named Islamic Centre of Civilisation 2013 by the Islamic Educational…
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Number of voluntary returns to Afghanistan this year tops 100,000
27 August - The number of people returning voluntarily to Afghanistan from Pakistan and Iran so far this year has exceeded 100,000, almost twice as many as last year. Some 95,000 of these are from Pakistan. The Afghanistan voluntary repatriation programme remains UNHCR's largest worldwide, with some…